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RATTLES FOR VETERANS
FUNDRAISING SALE
Seeking to honor a veteran friend or family member this Veterans Day (November 11)? Consider a gift of a beautiful, handmade, one of a kind rattle, created by Encaustic Art Institute (EAI) members Cat and Harriette Tsosie. Proceeds from the Institute’s online rattle sales will help the Institute create a virtual museum for its permanent collection. Here’s Cat’s statement about the rattles project:
“I am a Native American, combat Marine veteran who served in Viet Nam, earning a Purple Heart. As a result of my service, I suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. Drawing and creating ceremonial gourd rattles is therapeutic for me.
Recently, I was initiated into the Southern Cheyenne Albuquerque Warrior Shield Society, a great honor for Native veterans like me. We perform the Gourd Dance, a healing ceremony, at many Native American pow wows. As in many ceremonies, the dancers carry a rattle, which is used to “call the spirits” and include them in the dance.
Several years ago, I started my own gourd gardens, planting the seeds, harvesting the gourds and making them into rattles. I clean and prepare them — removing the seeds, bleaching the exterior to remove any mold, painting a gesso primer on the surface and inserting a dowel handle (or sometimes a buffalo bone or interesting stick). My wife and I create designs on the gourd’s surface and she finishes them with acrylic paint and varnish.
Community is a core Native American value, so we have sold our rattles online and donated the proceeds to the the Navajo Nation (to fight Covid); to its Ramah Chapter (for animal feed and veterinary services), and to support the Encaustic Art Institute. We also enter the rattles in art exhibitions, where they have won prizes and sold to the general public as percussion instruments and gifts. We use the funds generated by such sales to replenish the supplies we used to create the rattles and for other expenses.
Hands That Plant Corn Rattle
18 inch diameter
Price: $180
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Squash Bug Rattle
17 inch diameter
Price: $180
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Black & White with Buffalo Bone Rattle
16 inch diameter
Price: $180
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Deer and Tracks Rattle
17.5 inch diameter
Price: $180
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Whirlwind Rattle
17 inch diameter
Price: $180
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Abstract Feathers Rattle
14 inch diameter
Price: $150
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Amharic Rattle
16.5 inch diameter
Price: $150
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Butterflies Rattle
14 inch diameter
Price: $150
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Mask #1 Rattle
12.5 inch diameter
Price: $150
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Turtle #3
14 inch diameter
Price: $150
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Pronghorn Rattle
15.5 inch diameter
Price: $150
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Turtle #2 Rattle
12.5 inch diameter
Price: $120
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Asian Rattle
13.5 inch diameter
Price: $120
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Cherokee Rattle
14 inch diameter
Price: $120
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Autumn Rattle
14 inch diameter
Price: $120
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Linear B Rattle
15 inch diameter
Price: $120
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Glyph Rattle
13.5 inch diameter
Price: $120
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Bumblebee Rattle
10.5 inch diameter
Price: $90
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Corn Rattle
12 inch diameter
Price: $90
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Lightning Ratttle
9 inch diameter
Price: $90
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