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THBEarly 20th C. Pacific Northwest Coast Haida Wood Rattle
Lot 132d
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Native American, Pacific Northwest Coast (USA & Canada), Haida peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A beautiful rattle with an abstract anthropomorphic countenance, hand-carved from cedar and hand-painted using a palette of red, blue, and black hues. The rattle is constructed from two joined halves, and the interior is filled with percussive rattles which still create a wonderful percussive sound. The expressive visage boasts a pair of wide open eyes which are almond-shaped and present large black pupils/irises surrounded by pale blue upper and lower lids as well as eye beds, a prominent nose embellished with blue and red pigment, full lips that are parted to display a row of carved teeth, thick black eye brows curving below a rounded forehead, and a black coiffure with a carved, wavy texture extending to the back of the rattle. A fabulous example! Size: 3.3" W x 9.25" H (8.4 cm x 23.5 cm); 10.4" H (26.4 cm) on included custom stand.
Rattles like this example were used during rituals. They are traditionally rounded in form with a cylindrical handle below, and the carving is generally done in low relief and nicely painted as we see here, allowing for a rich interplay between positive and negative spaces. Some scholars believe that that such globular rattles were owned and used by shamans who were employed with the privileged task of calling upon spirit helpers to assist during healing and divining rituals. Scholar Bill Holm has written that the rounded, hemispheric form of these rattles is associated with the shape of the human skull, and therefore a visual metaphor symbolizing the shaman's transmutation between the living and spiritual worlds.
Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection
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#133604Minor abrasions to handle and pigment on face, otherwise intact and very good. Nice preservation to pigment across face. Rattle balls still make noise when jostled.Condition
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