A FINE NORTHWEST CHIEF'S CEREMONIAL WOOD DANCE RATTLE Possibly Bella Bella Carved in the form of a flying raven with a small disc (possibly representing the sun) in its slightly parted beak, its back supporting a reclining shaman with splayed legs, his protruding tongue held in the long beak of a facing bird, the raven's belly carved with a hawk's face with hooked beak, metal ears and formline details, cylindrical handle with golden brown patina, on Inagaki base 12½in. (32cm.) long
A FINE NORTHWEST CHIEF'S CEREMONIAL WOOD DANCE RATTLE Possibly Bella Bella Carved in the form of a flying raven with a small disc (possibly representing the sun) in its slightly parted beak, its back supporting a reclining shaman with splayed legs, his protruding tongue held in the long beak of a facing bird, the raven's belly carved with a hawk's face with hooked beak, metal ears and formline details, cylindrical handle with golden brown patina, on Inagaki base 12½in. (32cm.) long
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