Yadan (round rattle)

Dateca. 1940

Maker Mungo Martin (Nakapankam) Kwakwaka'wakw, Kwagu'l, Fort Rupert, British Columbia, ca. 1884-1962

Label TextRound rattles are associated on the Northwest Coast with shamans. Participants in the t’seka Winter Ceremonial are called pépakhula, the Kwakwala word for shaman, denoting its ancient sacred aspects. Martin and others of his generation employed a vivid white as background color. The image appears to be the frontal view of a bird, whose beak turns downward above the mouth.

Object number91.1.4

ProvenanceMicheal R. Johnson, Seattle, Washington, until 1973; John H. Hauberg, Seattle, Washington, 1973-1991; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistorySeattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, Selections From The Hauberg Collection, August 22, 1985 - March 16, 1986 Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Box of Daylight, September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 224 Stewart, Hilary, Cedar: Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians, University of Washington Press, 1984, p. 155 Holm, Bill, Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art, Seattle Art Museum, University of Washington Press, 1983, cat. no. 26 Wade, Edwin L. and Lorraine Laurel Wade, Voices of the Supernaturals: Rattles of the Northwet Coast, American Indian Art Magazine, vol.2, no. 1 (Winter 1976), fig. 2, p. 34. Other Documentation: Illustrated in American Indian Art Magazine Calendar, month of April, 1981.

Credit LineGift of John H. Hauberg

Dimensions12 1/2 x 9 x 4 1/2 in. (31.75 x 22.86 x 11.43 cm)

MediumWild cherry wood, red cedar bark, paint, twine, cotton