Rattle
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- Tlingit [Stikine]
- Previous owner
- Gush Tlein (Chief Shakes VI/Chief Shaikes), Tlingit
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Object Name
- Rattle
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Place
- Wrangell; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Alexander Archipelago
- Island Name
- Wrangell Island
- Collection History
- Said to have been owned by Chief Shakes (probably Gush Tlein, Chief Shakes VI, who held the title Chief Shakes from 1878 until his passing in 1916); collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons circa 1906.
- Catalog Number
- 9740
- Barcode
- 009740.000
- See related items
- Tlingit [Stikine]
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement