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Early globular shaman's ratte of carved wood with abstract designs and several old native repairs - Donald Ellis Gallery

Shaman’s Rattle

Wet'suwet'en (Tsimshian)
Northern British Columbia

wood

height: 11 ⅜"
width: 5 ⅜"

Inventory # N1105

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PROVENANCE

Chief Sylvester George of Hagwelget, BC
Mrs. Kenney, Hazelton, BC
W. H. Birmingham, Vancouver, BC

RELATED EXAMPLES

Treasures, Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1988, pg. 91

The Native Tribes of British Columbia, Ravenhill, 1938, pg. 124

Handbook of North American Indians No. 7, Suttles, 1990, pg. 280