Clapper in Form of a Fish with Human Head for Finger Lever

Artist:Charles Edenshaw

Medium: Cedar wood, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

• British Columbia, Canada

Dates:pre–1864

Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. (24.8 x 7.0 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of the Americas

Exhibitions:

• The Guennol Collection: Cabinet of Wonders
• Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas

Accession Number: L61.3.1

Image: L61.3.1_transp5628.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Carved wood clapper in the form of a halibut with the face of the fish’s spirit represented on the tail. Condition: good.

Brooklyn Museum