rattle

rattle

rattle

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Introduction

turtle rattle, "As used by the ga uto wiz". This rattle was reconsecrated by Chief Jacob E. Thomas, Cayuga, Six Nations Reserve, Ontario, in a ceremony at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Asticou Centre, on May 31, 1988. It was reconsecrated by Chief Thomas in a ceremony at the Canadian Museum of Civilization on September 22, 1996. He was assisted by Mrs. Yvonne Thomas, Executive Director of the Jake Thomas Learning Centre. This rattle was again reconsecrated in ceremonies held by spiritual leaders Darrell Thompson and John Elijah, Akwesasne, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization on October 24, 1999, April 1, 2000, October 29, 2000, and April 8, 2001, and again in ceremonies held by spiritual leader Darrell Thompson assisted by Nathan Thompson, Akwesasne, at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, on November 4, 2001, May 4 and November 9, 2002, April 6 and December 6, 2003, May 15 and November 7, 2004, May 4 and October 23, 2005, April 1 and November 18, 2006. Some false faces and turtle shell rattles were rubbed with sunflower or corn oil in the ceremonies held in October 2000, April 2001, May 2002, April and December 2003, May 2004 and October 2005.

Date Made or Date Range: /1915
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Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Collected in summer of 1915.

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: III-I-1060
Collection at Current Location: Waugh Collection
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1915
Collection Narratives and Histories

Collected in the summer of 1915 by F.W. Waugh. Initial documentation provided by David Jack. "As used by the ga uto wiz".

GKS Reference Number: 26514
Approximate Place of Origin

44.16098, -91.78108