Horizontal and Vertical Rotation

Gitksan Rattle

This rattle is made from wood. It was carved in two pieces. It looks like a bird but the design on one side is a beaver and on the other side of the rattle there is a frog. On the beaver's tail there is a small human face. It looks like a person might be looking out of a window. This rattle may have been used as a musical instrument or by a shaman as medicine to cure illness. I like this rattle because it has heads on it and different designs.
         --Kara, Santa Clara Day School