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Object Number
994-18-10/74748
Display Title
Cane
Descriptions
Object Description
Cane of bent wood, painted yellow with green, red and black. Vertical crayon(?) zigzags and one shallowly carved zigzag. Rawhide strip runs between body and curve of cane, from which hang the following: four feathers from young golden eagle(s) on hide string. Feathers look old.
Inventory Description
Staff, curved cane shape, yellow, with eagle feathers, ribbons and bells
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1994
Artist
Paul Ethalbah
(5/12/94)
Culture
- White Mountain Apache
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
/
Gila County
/
Cedar Creek
Dimensions
Overall: 106.9 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm (42 1/16 x 6 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
994-18-10/74748
Provenance
Intermediary
Ernestine Begay
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