Native American Indian Miwok; RARE Ceramic Rattle; California Coast; 19th Cent. For Sale

Rattle: Rare, Miwok Tribe Ceramic Rattle, Sebastopol California. Diameter 3 1/4 inches.

A highly unusual ceramic rattle used in the early trade with coastal Native Americans in and around what would eventually becomes Sebastopol, California. Measures: 3 1/4 inches in Diameter. Acquired at a private estate sale in Sonoma county. The listed rattle was made from fired clay. It has a rough brown patina with some rattle objects within. A cross is on one and while the water symbol grace is the opposite pull. Abrasion streaks, cuts and dings grace, the peace. Such rattle fit Into the general scheme of Native American life as Miwok and the neighboring southern Pomo previously incorporated rattle in the religion ceremonies. Occupied various times during more than thirty centuries, over 600 villages have been identified along the coastal area territory, from bodega Bay to the north, eastward beyond the towns of Cotati and Sonoma. And along point Reyes national seashore, and the shores of Tomales Bay. 1579 was the earliest account made by the Europeans of the Miwok people on the coast of Marin in the point Reyes area, as documented in a diary by chaplain Fletcher, who was aboard Sir Francis Drake's ship. You will NEVER Find Another One of These !!!!!--GREAT RARE Display Item !!!!!