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Wooden bird effigy
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Object Number 45-25-10/28778
Display Title Wooden bird effigy
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial wooden bird. Wooden bird on reed stick, appears to be some kind of puppet.
Inventory Description Staff, reed shaft withmovable stick to manipulate carved bird at top
Classification
  • Art 3-D
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Reed, Wood, Feather, Pigment, Sinew, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 15 x 3.6 cm (24 x 5 7/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 45-25-10/28778/ 3276
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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