Rattle
69-17-1
From: Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 69-17-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment | Metal |
| Description | Painted black, red, and pale blue. Principal figure possibly represents a raven with head of hawk on its breast. On the back of central figure is a reclining human, red, with protruding tongue. Tongue is held in beak of another bird. Other bird-like representations carved on raven's breast. Eyes painted or inlaid shell. Handle at tail-end of bird. Wings of principal bird broken off. |
| Length | 29 |
| Width | 11 |
| Credit Line | Gift of Thatcher Longstreth, 1969 |
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