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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
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United States
/
North Dakota
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Burleigh County
/
Bismarck
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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