kwa̱xa̱da̱n (Rattle)

ceremonial

Brown wood rattle with the top piece in the form of a bird with a small, thin sea otter on its back and the bottom piece in the shape of a rounded semi-oval bound together with white string and metal and at the handle with brown string. Bird's circular black eyes are surrounded by a plain grooved tapering oval. Body is dark with wings that have black outlined feathers consisting of black and red dashes with a red tip along the outer wing and u forms with a tear drop shape along the inner wing. Tail angles upward with two black outlined feathers consisting of u forms with red accents. The small, thin sea otter on the bird's back has a black body with circular black eyes outlined by a plain tapering oval groove and an open mouth that connects to the back of the bird's upper neck. The sea otter's tail extends straight backward to connect with the bird's upward angled tail. The bottom piece that is the belly of the bird has a face with black ovoid in ovoid eyes with black brows above that have an inverted red split u within. Below, there is a vertically bisymmetrical black design consisting of an inverted red u line outlined by black with a black ovoid in ovoid below sharing a central vertical panel of four black outlined u forms at the bottom.