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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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| 08-36-70/74288 | Chief's canes used as badges of authority |
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Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto | |
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| 08-36-70/74288.1 | Chief's canes used as badges of authority |
Staff
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Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya | |
| 00-8-70/55300 | Chief's aleppen-stock - titoko |
Staff
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Fiji
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Congo
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South Africa
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| 99-12-70/53492 | Hani or chief's staff |
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Ivory Coast
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