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Object Number 17-17-10/87183
Display Title Chief's baton 'talking stick,' yew
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yakuntpig
Object Description Chief's baton 'talking stick,' yew
Inventory Description Wooden staff, carved bird/anthropomorphic faces, brass band, shell inlay.
Classification
  • Staff
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Village Island
Additional Geographic Terms Spring Pass; Queen Charlotte Sound; Mamalelequala, village 2
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 123.3 x 9.7 x 3.7 cm (48 9/16 x 3 13/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 17-17-10/87183
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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