Chiefs Rattle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1876
name: label: Collector
content: James G. Swan
label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD IN THE FORM OF THE RAVEN THE BACK IS CARVED TO REPRESENT A DOWLED HEAD, AND ITS BREAST A MASK. PAINTED RED, GREEN, AND BLACK. EXCHANGED LEIDEN MUSEUM, MAY 1899."
label: Notes
content: The artifact currently numbered E20587 may be the wrong number?
label: Notes
content: Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. In Bella Coola, bird rattles are always used by chiefs. It is probably red ochre, there are still a few places on the coast with red ochre. It is possible this is carved out of alder.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Feb 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: British Columbia, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Bella Bella (Heiltsuk, Haíłzaqv)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 004686
label: USNM Number
content: E20587-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Rattle