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Object Number
985-27-10/60480
Display Title
Plains staff, possibly Sioux. Wood handle covered w/ cloth and wrapped w/ beads
Descriptions
Object Description
Plains staff, possibly Sioux. Wood handle covered w/ cloth and wrapped w/ beads in blue and pink. 2 horns at top held together and held to handle by piece of hide. Hide is beaded in yellow, green and white. Rattles if shaken. 67x40 cm.
Inventory Description
Staff, double tipped horn head, blue and pink bead wrapped handle
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 68.4 x 38.8 x 7 cm (26 15/16 x 15 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60480
Provenance
Provenance
Unknown
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(? - 1985)
Donor
Estate of William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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