Clappers

Used in winter dance ceremonies.

ceremonial

Oval-shaped wooden clapper with long handle. Body of clapper is shaped in the form of a killer whale, has a protruding dorsal fin, a small ridge near the end of the face, and carved form lines on its body. The body of the killer whale is split in half down the length of the clapper. The top side of the clapper is of the dorsal fin, and the bottom side of the body is the underside of the killer whale's belly. At the end of the clapper, is the killer whale's tail fin. Fibre cording is wrapped around the tail fin to connect the two portions together.