introduction
BEGINNINGS:
THE PHOEBE HEARST ERA (1902-1920)


TRANSITION (1920-1945)

North American Ethnology

01. Beaver bowl

02. Chief’s raven rattle

03. Carving, man torturing a witch

04. Mask, young man

05. Mask, old man

06. Plate, argillite

07. Chest

Californian Archaeology

EXPANSION (1945-1960)

CULMINATION (1960-1980)

RECENT YEARS (1980-2001)

RECENT ACQUISITIONS



Chief’s raven rattle
Northwest Coast, Alaska, Tlingit (att.)
Collected by George Davidson; acc. 1945.
2–19094

Raven rattles, covered with shamanistic motifs, were used by chiefs during ceremonies such as totem pole raisings, naming-giving, funerals, and feasts.