Plain wooden rattle. The rattle’s head is made of two rounded, oblong pieces of deeply concave wood, hollowed on the inside, attached to each other on both long edges by strands of plant fibre (cedar root?), threaded through holes bored in the wood. The head is undecorated. Inside are noisemakers, possibly seeds. The handle is long, thin, and cylindrical, made of two similarly sized and shaped pieces of wood carved to fit together, hollow on the inside and held together by three metal nails. A small tuft of cotton thread is attached around the bottom nail on both sides. A decorative jog has been created in the connection point between the two pieces of wood on both sides of the handle.

• Cultural Context

  ceremonial

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• Type of Item rattle
• Culture Gitxsan
• Material wood, seed, cotton fibre, plant fibre, metal
• Measurements height 29.0 cm, width 13.0 cm, depth 15.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Barbara Robertson, Alexander C. Robertson
• Received from Alexander C. Robertson

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• Made in British Columbia
• Collected in Hazelton

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• Ownership Date before December 22, 2010, before February 19, 2014
• Acquisition Date on February 19, 2014

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3051/0009