A Tlingit raven rattle
1000
A Tlingit raven rattle
With humanoid figure on top sharing power through its tongue with a frog, the amphibian clutched in the beak of a kingfisher, a raptor carved and painted on the underside, a second visage beneath that, the box of daylight held in the raven's beak.
length 14 1/4in
Sold for US$ 3,125 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    The collector's notes indicate: "The Procter Stafford collection"

Auction Notices

  • It has been brought to the department's attention after going to press that the provenance for this lot, as attributed in the collector's notes, is unquestionably spurious and should be disregarded

Category: Ethnographic Art / Native American

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