Medicine wand or stick - used by the medicine man's son while he is learning – Objects

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Object Number 33-56-20/2311

Display Title Medicine wand or stick - used by the medicine man's son while he is learning

Descriptions

Inventory Description Stick, carved with human figure on top, clasping hands to chest

Classification

Staff

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Chocó

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Central America / Panama / Darien

Additional Geographic Terms Rio Sambu; Rio Hingurudo, south of the mouth of

Materials Wood

Dimensions Overall: 39.2 x 2.1 x 2 cm (15 7/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 33-56-20/2311 / L. D.

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	33-56-20/2272	Medicine wand or stick, used by the son of the medicine man while +	Wand Raw Material	Darien
	33-56-20/2262	Medicine wand or stick to cure stomach troubles	Staff	House of the medicine man, Fidel Goinora
	38-60-30/1844	Toucan's bill - used to absorb tobacco juice through the nose - from the medicine man's chest	Raw Material Ornament	Ecuador
	99-12-10/53118	Medicine man's staff and spear (medicine bow)	Staff	United States Canada
Image Not Available for [No folder title]: Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement	2001.29.30994	[No folder title]: Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement		/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement	2001.29.27256	Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement		/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement	2001.29.27256.1	Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement		/Ai Ha !O Pan
Image Not Available for Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement	2001.29.20875	Metal objects among /Twikwe's possessions, including a nail-like piece of metal thrust into a stick used to sharpen knives, an awl for sewing, 2 pipes from cartridge shells, a fire-striker, a knife belonging to //Kwai≠kabe (her son), a piece of bone or duiker horn, an axe belonging to her husband, a metal piece he found which he will hammer into an implement, a metal pounding rod, and two scrapers made from an old knife blade, with a ruler for measurement		/Ai Ha !O Pan
	2004.24.14123	Rain stick with eland tail, part of medicine man's equipment		Tanzania
Image Not Available for Children, Toys: /Qui (son of "/Gao Music" and ≠Nisa, sister of "Gao Medicine") (right) and ≠Toma (son of Gau and Be) sitting on a log, probably scraping bark off of sticks for the stick game	2001.29.1477	Children, Toys: /Qui (son of "/Gao Music" and ≠Nisa, sister of "Gao Medicine") (right) and ≠Toma (son of Gau and Be) sitting on a log, probably scraping bark off of sticks for the stick game		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
	985-27-10/60106	Sioux medicine stick. Made from wood and shaped like a digging stick. Shaft wrap	Staff	United States
Image Not Available for Children, Toys, Playthings: /Qui ("/Gao Music's" son) and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine's" son) sitting on a log, peeling sticks for the stick game	2001.29.2902	Children, Toys, Playthings: /Qui ("/Gao Music's" son) and /Gaishay ("Gao Medicine's" son) sitting on a log, peeling sticks for the stick game		Nyae Nyae Conservancy

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