Shaman Rattle
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by Lyle Wilson
Yew wood, Acrylic paint
Stone and metal display stand
12.5 x 7.5 x 6.25″ (rattle only)
13.75 x 7.5 x 7.5″ (including stand)
To the HAISLA, GLUMC (Yew) was a special wood— it’s wood, bark and needles were boiled in hot water to make a “tea” that cured various sicknesses.
Shamanism was once widespread amongst all Pacific Northwest (PNC) native peoples. Very little is known about the actual practices of shamanism, but in those early years people strongly believed in the HAY-LEE-CLA (shaman) and his powers; both AIX (good) and YAX (bad).
A YADEN (rattle) was part of a HAY-LEE-CLA’s regalia — their rattling sound alerted the spirit-helpers that their presence was needed. Quite a few shaman’s YADEN are a large, round shape — this new YADEN conforms to that rounded format.
The front of the YADEN consists of a large face, and within its’ eye sockets are 2 smaller faces; still within those faces are four more faces — bringing the total number of faces to seven. All of them alluding to the spirit-helpers of the HAY-LEE-CLA.
The YADEN’s back has an abstract formline face, shallowly carved and painted. Occupying the centre is a small KWEE-KWA-NAUCH (frog) — an animal able to live in the two worlds of the land and water; this dual ability was believed to be a magical power.
This YADEN is carved from a very large piece GLUMC log (the tree itself was aprox. 350 years old) found, and salvaged, from an abandoned, commercial-logging clear-cut area. So this YADEN is “especially” special because of GLUMC’s traditional usage, it’s rarity in modern PNC carvings, and the fact that a piece of the original, giant, ancient GLUMC tree has a second “life” — rather than eventually rotting away and being forgotten.
Lyle Wilson 2024
SOLD
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Yew wood, Acrylic paint
Stone and metal display stand
12.5 x 7.5 x 6.25″ (rattle only)
13.75 x 7.5 x 7.5″ (including stand)
To the HAISLA, GLUMC (Yew) was a special wood— it’s wood, bark and needles were boiled in hot water to make a “tea” that cured various sicknesses.
Shamanism was once widespread amongst all Pacific Northwest (PNC) native peoples. Very little is known about the actual practices of shamanism, but in those early years people strongly believed in the HAY-LEE-CLA (shaman) and his powers; both AIX (good) and YAX (bad).
A YADEN (rattle) was part of a HAY-LEE-CLA’s regalia — their rattling sound alerted the spirit-helpers that their presence was needed. Quite a few shaman’s YADEN are a large, round shape — this new YADEN conforms to that rounded format.
The front of the YADEN consists of a large face, and within its’ eye sockets are 2 smaller faces; still within those faces are four more faces — bringing the total number of faces to seven. All of them alluding to the spirit-helpers of the HAY-LEE-CLA.
The YADEN’s back has an abstract formline face, shallowly carved and painted. Occupying the centre is a small KWEE-KWA-NAUCH (frog) — an animal able to live in the two worlds of the land and water; this dual ability was believed to be a magical power.
This YADEN is carved from a very large piece GLUMC log (the tree itself was aprox. 350 years old) found, and salvaged, from an abandoned, commercial-logging clear-cut area. So this YADEN is “especially” special because of GLUMC’s traditional usage, it’s rarity in modern PNC carvings, and the fact that a piece of the original, giant, ancient GLUMC tree has a second “life” — rather than eventually rotting away and being forgotten.
Lyle Wilson 2024
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