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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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