Rattle

ClassificationsTools and Equipment-musical instruments-rattles

Culture Tlingit

Datelate 19th Century

Made AtFort Wrangell, Alaska, United States, North America

MediumWood, pigment and cedar twine

Dimensions4 × 4 3/4 × 14 in. (10.2 × 12.1 × 35.6 cm)

Credit LineJohn J. Burkhard Family

Object number89.34.1

DescriptionTlingit ceremonial rattle carved in two sections in the form of a flying raven holding the sun in its openwork beak, surmounted by a reclining shaman with arms merged with hands and legs and mouth open with tongue protruding into the mouth of a frog crouching on his abdomen. A long beaked bird with horizontal crested feathers. The underside is incised with a totemic wolf's face. Painted in red, green and black. Faded. Cedar twine binds the handle in two places.

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