Carved Wood Rattle "Ceco'q" Item Number: E74333-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "See U.S.N.M. Report 1888, pl. LIX, No. 311. Boas, Social Org. and Secret Soc. of Kwakiutl. Illus. fig. 213, p. 654 and Rept 1895, fig. 213; p. 659." From Musical Instrument card: "Carved wood rattle, in two sections. Design: The close valves of a large shell. (cockle) with a projecting handle, used in the secret societies."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Sgt. John J. McLean in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1884
- Received on December 27, 1884
What
- Name
- Carved Wood Rattle "Ceco'q"
- Identification Number
- E74333-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Sgt. John J. McLean
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1884
- Acquisition Date
- on December 27, 1884
Other
- Accession Number
- 015504