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Object Number 2011.16.106
Display Title Dance stick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Stick, carved bird head, glass eyes, stick painted red, green, black, hide and fur wrapped, perforated with hide extensions with beads, tinklers, and feathers
Classification
  • Dance wand
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 × 45 × 1.9 cm (4 1/2 × 17 11/16 × 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.16.106
Credit Line Gift of Paul R. Lurie 1938, in Memory of His Wife, Barbara
Provenance
Collector Dr. Paul R. Lurie
Collector Barbara Lurie
Donor Donated by Dr. Paul R. Lurie (6/27/2011)

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