Property from the Collection of Continental Insurance Corporation
A TLINGIT WOOD RAVEN RATTLE
Details
A TLINGIT WOOD RAVEN RATTLE
The raven with disk in beak, the lower body incised with stylized hawk head face with recarved beak, on the back a reclining figure with hands to hips, the tongue extending to the mouth of a frog which stands on the abdomen, behind, the head of a bird, its beak closing on the frog hind quarters, twine lashing on handle, black, green, and red
13½in. (34.2cm.) long
The raven with disk in beak, the lower body incised with stylized hawk head face with recarved beak, on the back a reclining figure with hands to hips, the tongue extending to the mouth of a frog which stands on the abdomen, behind, the head of a bird, its beak closing on the frog hind quarters, twine lashing on handle, black, green, and red
13½in. (34.2cm.) long
Provenance
Henry Moses Collection, Museum of the American Indian, New York 18/8559, exchanged 1957