Armadillo

before 1921 Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1557

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 da...

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