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Object Number
06-5-10/66332
Display Title
Dance Sticks
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Kinahtldun-ts'e:y'
Object Description
Dance sticks. Used in puberty dance and other dances.
Inventory Description
Dance sticks, segmented one end, painted stripe designs, some carved
Classification
- Communication artifacts
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hupa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
California
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 131.2 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm (51 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
66332
Provenance
Collector
Grace A. Nicholson
(1906 - 1906)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1906 - 1906)
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