Object Details
Culture/People
Haida
Collector
Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
Previous owner
Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
Seller/source
Reverend Thomas Crosby, Non-Indian, 1840-1914
Collection History
Collected in 1886 by Reverend Thomas Crosby (1840-1914, an English missionary who worked with North Pacific Coast peoples from 1863 to about 1900); purchased by George Heye from Reverend Crosby in 1908.
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Date created
circa 1875
Catalog Number
1/8028
Barcode
018028.000
Object Type
Music and Sound
Object Name
Raven dance rattle
Media/Materials
Cedar, paint
Techniques
Carved, painted, incised, drilled
Dimensions
33 x 11 x 11 cm
Place
Skidegate; North Coast Regional District (Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District); British Columbia; Canada
Archipelago
Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands)
Island Name
Graham Island
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Haida
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On View
NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Link to Original Record
Record ID
NMAI_19129