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Horse effigy stick
Object Number 998-20-10/75383
Display Title Horse effigy stick
Descriptions
Object Description Contemporary carved horse effigy stick of cottonwood, with brain-tanned bison hide, earth (ochres, charcoal mixed with bison hide scraping glue) and synthetic pigments (white is commercial acrylic), horse hair, synthetic hair, French brass tacks, buckskin; pouch contains wild bergamot (horse mint), glass beads, metal cones; sprayed with matte finish fixitive.
Inventory Description Horse dance stick, dapple grey painted, tan/black hair leather, beads, cone ti
Classification
  • Communication artifacts
Department Ethnographic
Date 1998
Artist Butch Thunder Hawk (1998 - 6/24/98)
Culture
  • Hunkpapa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota / Burleigh County / Bismarck
Materials Cottonwood, Brain-tanned bison hide, Synthetic pigment, Horsehair
Dimensions Overall: 79.5 x 9.3 x 8.6 cm (31 5/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-20-10/75383; 998-2D
Provenance
Intermediary Dr. Castle McLaughlin

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