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Object Number
985-27-10/59476
Display Title
Yankton Sioux ceremonial staff. Fixed head made from 2 bison horns w/ rattle
Descriptions
Object Description
Yankton Sioux ceremonial staff. Fixed head. Hand made from 2 bison horns w/ rattles inside. Wood handle covered w/ rawhide. Dyed red horsehair plume at end of handle. Cloth tied around head. 49.3x23.2 cm.
Inventory Description
Staff, 2 horns with rattle attached to leather wrapped shaft, horsehair tassle
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Yankton
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 94 x 24 x 3.2 cm (37 x 9 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59476; 89
Provenance
Provenance
Grass
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930 - 1985)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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