Rattle (Ceco'q) Item Number: E20758-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "CARVED WOOD IN THE FORM OF A FISH WITH THE HANDLE PROJECTING FROM NEAR THE TAIL. THE BODY MADE IN TWO SECTIONS HOLLOWED AND FASTENED TOGETHER. DESIGN: "ORCA". THE WHOLE CHARACTERIZED BY THE DORSAL FINS AND FORMIDABLE TEETH. SEE U.S.M. REPORT (NIBLACK) 1888, PL. LIX, NO. 310. PAINTED RED AND BLACK. (P. 330)."
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Rattle (Ceco'q)
- Identification Number
- E20758-0
- Type of Item
- rattle
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
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 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730