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Artwork Details
13 x 3-7/8 x 5 in. (installed) A) clapper with birds and frog: 13 x 3-7/8 x 3-1/4 in. B) clapper with low-relief face: 8-3/8 x 3-1/8 x 1-3/4 in.
Accession NumberGift of Vice Admiral Albert Parker Niblack
CopyrightEstate of Vice Admiral A. P. Niblack [1859-1929], Indianapolis, Indiana {1}, given to the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1930 {2} {1} Albert P. Niblack surveyed Alaska between 1885-1886 among the Kaigani Haida in southeastern Alaska {2} object on loan to the John Herron Art Institute between 1910-1930
This rattle is in the form of a raven, which is probably a totem, or emblem of ancestry.
On top of the raven, this rattle includes a recumbent man, a spiritual leader, who holds a frog's tongue in his mouth.
This rattle was used by a spiritual leader to harness spirits.
The Haida and other peoples of the northwest coast of the United States, Alaska and western Canada, who inhabit an area of bountiful forests and sea resources, are the greatest woodcarvers of North America.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
The Viewing Project: The Pleasures of Uncertainty
Indianapolis Museum of Art
July 17, 2010 - March 13, 2011
Featured Acquisition: Selections from the Native American Collection
Indianapolis Museum of Art
July 1, 2003 - November 9, 2003
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