- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- wood; fibre; stone
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0010
- Description
- Long tapering piece of hardwood, dark brown, with elongated grinning human face carved from top half. Bottom half faceted along its length and curved back slightly with a slit cut through along length of each of two side facets with small pebble inside for noise. 'Hairknot' at top, of cord twining …
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- Title
- Rattle
- Date
- 1915 – 1935
- Material
- wood; fibre; stone
- Dimensions
- 19.0 x 3.3 x 4.4 cm
- Description
- Long tapering piece of hardwood, dark brown, with elongated grinning human face carved from top half. Bottom half faceted along its length and curved back slightly with a slit cut through along length of each of two side facets with small pebble inside for noise. 'Hairknot' at top, of cord twining secured through small holes drilled along perimeter of head, with long, 14 cm, cord tassel representing hair . Holes drilled through back of figure hold short loop of cord as handle.
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.33.0010
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