Carved Wooden Rattle With Man's Figure Item Number: E9263-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "THE CATALOGUE CALLS IT "A CARVED WOODEN IMAGE WITH HAIR". EVIDENTLY A PART OF A CARVED WOODEN RATTLE, THE BACK AND HANDLE MISSING. DESIGN A SEATED HUMAN FIGURE WITH A GROTESQUE HUMAN FACE. HUMAN HAIR IS INSERTED IN TUFTS ON THE TOP AND BACK OF THE HEAD; ALSO AS A MOUSTACHE AND CHIN WHISKERS."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. Alexander H. Hoff in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA between 1867 and 1869
- Received from Army Medical Museum during 1870
What
- Name
- Carved Wooden Rattle With Man's Figure
- Identification Number
- E9263-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Dr. Alexander H. Hoff
- Received from
- Army Medical Museum
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
- between 1867 and 1869
- Acquisition Date
- during 1870
Other
- Accession Number
- 001767