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Raven rattle

Attributed to Albert Edward Edenshaw Haida
ca. 1850
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 746
Raven rattles, carried in dances by men of high rank, traditionally feature a raven, a secondary raven’s face, and a human figure reclining on the raven’s back. Here, the human figure has a bear’s or wolf’s head and, on the underside, a tiny frog sits at the bottom of the face on the raven’s breast. This inventive design is attributed to Albert Edward Edenshaw, uncle of the renowned Haida artist Charles Edenshaw.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Raven rattle
  • Artist: Attributed to Albert Edward Edenshaw (Haida, 1812–1894)
  • Date: ca. 1850
  • Geography: Made in British Columbia, Canada
  • Culture: Haida, Native American
  • Medium: Wood, pigment, glass beads and vegetal fiber
  • Dimensions: 4 3/4 × 13 3/8 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 34 × 9 cm)
  • Credit Line: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2019
  • Object Number: 2019.456.12
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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