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Object Number
99-12-10/53118
Display Title
Medicine man's staff and spear (medicine bow)
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wood staff with feathers, red felt and fur decorations, lg. iron point tip
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Blackfoot?
- Siksika
- Mohawk?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
North America / Canada
North America / Canada
Materials
Wood, Cloth, Fur, Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 149 x 26 x 3.8 cm (58 11/16 x 10 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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