Carved wooden staff - ceremonial – Objects

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Object Number 61-7-30/8226.1

Display Title Carved wooden staff - ceremonial

Descriptions

Object Description Staff, decorated with carving and wrapped cord

Inventory Description Staff, pointed one end, serrated carved top, wrapped fiber, 3 tassles

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Canela

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Baixao Preto
South America / Brazil / Maranhao / <County> / Barra do Corda / Ponto

Materials Wood, Fiber, Pigment

Dimensions Overall: 127.5 x 6.2 x 8 cm (50 3/16 x 2 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 61-7-30/8226

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1957 - 1961)

Expedition University of Wisconsin (1957 - 1961)

Expedition Institute of Andean Research (1957 - 1961)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	61-7-30/8226.2	Carved wooden staff - ceremonial	Staff	Baixao Preto Ponto
	36-105-70/486	Ceremonial staff called kakar - used in puberty ceremony & is the holiest of objects. Also consulted in case of war.	Staff	New Guinea
	46-77-30/6938	Wooden ceremonial staff with carvings on it	Staff	Peru
	985-27-10/59476	Yankton Sioux ceremonial staff. Fixed head made from 2 bison horns w/ rattle	Staff	United States
	78-5-30/16798	Staff for carrying prepared head of an enemy. Ceremonial lance, rattle in end	Staff	Brazil
	11-46-50/83072	Ceremonial staff	Staff	Angola
	61-7-30/8223	Ceremonial staff with elaborate feather decoration	Staff	Ponto Baixao Preto
	973-46-70/5385	Baton or staff, made of black wood, pointed at one end; small carved decoration	Staff	Papua New Guinea?
	61-7-30/8265	Ceremonial staff with elaborate feather decoration	Staff	Baixao Preto Ponto
	61-7-30/8221	Wooden wand decorated with woven fibres and feathers	Staff	Ponto Baixao Preto
	08-12-30/73033	Ceremonial staff	Staff	South America
Media Restricted	36-105-70/487	Ceremonial staff called kakar - used in puberty ceremony & is the +	Staff Shaft, modified	New Guinea

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