M0001009: Rattle used by Haida medicine man

Date:
08 August 1930
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/9/61
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M0001009: Rattle used by Haida medicine man. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Rattle used by Medicine man, Haidah-Indianer

Description

Photograph of an illustration from an unknown publication depicting a rattle used by medicine men. The caption is in German and translates as "Rattle used by Medicine-men of the Haidah-Indians". It most likely refers to the Haida nation native to Haida Gwaii, a Candian archipelago south of Alaska.

Publication/Creation

08 August 1930

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

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