Armadillo
Unknown Artist
before 1921
Medium
pottery
Dimensions
h. 6.4 cm, l. 12.8 cm
Classification
Ceramic
Department
Art of the Americas
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of W. A. Price
Accession Number
1921.1557
About this artwork
Rattles that combine ravens, humans, and frogs are among the best known but least understood of the Northwest Coast object types. They clearly have mythic import and may have originated as shamans’ implements. But historically chiefs used them during secular parts of winter dances.