Beschreibung:

A NORTHWEST COAST POLYCHROMED WOOD CEREMONIAL DANCE RATTLE, PROBABLY BELLA COOLA in two sections, with short cylindrical handle, bound with cloth and strips of hide, surmounted by a large globular head of an unidentified creature carved in high-relief with stylized mask-like features, parted lips, exaggerated hooked beak, and oval eyes beneath thick arching brows, wearing a splayed headdress surmounted by an animal, its head, with large bulbous snout and backswept ears, resting on its short front paws; painted in black, bright blue, and vermillion red details. length 12 1/8 in. 30.8 cm