Culture/People:

Haida  Search this

Collector:

Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914  Search this

Previous owner:

Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914  Search this

Seller/source:

Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914  Search this

Object Name:

Raven dance rattle

Media/Materials:

Cedar, paint

Techniques:

Carved, painted, incised, drilled

Dimensions:

33 x 11 x 11 cm

Object Type:

Music and Sound

Place:

Skidegate; North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada

Archipelago:

Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)

Island Name:

Graham Island

Date created:

circa 1875

Collection History:

Collected in 1886 by Reverend Thomas Crosby (1840-1914, an English missionary who worked with North Pacific Coast peoples from 1863 to about 1900); purchased by George Heye from Reverend Crosby in 1908.

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Catalog Number:

1/8028

Barcode:

018028.000

See related items:

Haida

Music and Sound

On View:

NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a8628c3f-1516-457c-a858-63200d952f0e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_19129