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ProvenanceWolfgang Paalen, Mexico City, Mexico; Ralph Altman, Los Angeles, California; Taylor Museum (5108), Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1954
BibliographyInverarity, Robert Bruce. Art of the Northwest Coast Indians. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1950, pl.120, Wolfgang Paalen.
Gunther, Erna, Indians of the Northwest Coast. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, not ill.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.375.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 420.
Culture
Tlingit
Rattle
Date1820-1860
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (11.4 × 24.1 cm)
Object numberT0217
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextPerhaps the result of a particular shaman’s vision, this copper and ivory rattle is the only one of its kind. The form of the oystercatcher rattle has been imitated by a copper body with a carved ivory amulet forming the head and beak shape. The ivory amulet was probably once part of a full necklace used by a shaman, indicating that it has been adapted from a pervious use to complete the rattle.ProvenanceWolfgang Paalen, Mexico City, Mexico; Ralph Altman, Los Angeles, California; Taylor Museum (5108), Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1954
BibliographyInverarity, Robert Bruce. Art of the Northwest Coast Indians. Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1950, pl.120, Wolfgang Paalen.
Gunther, Erna, Indians of the Northwest Coast. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, not ill.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.375.
Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 420.
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