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Navajo feather dance wand. Multi-colored feathers cover most of reed(?) handle.
Navajo feather dance wand. Multi-colored feathers cover most of reed(?) handle.
Object Number 985-27-10/59073
Display Title Navajo feather dance wand. Multi-colored feathers cover most of reed(?) handle.
Descriptions
Object Description Navajo feather dance wand. Multi-colored feathers cover most of reed(?) handle. Feathers are brown, white, orange, green and purple. Cotton string is wrapped at bottom of feathers. Colored chunks of some material keep falling out of wand.
Inventory Description Wand, feathers covering most of reed shaft, secured withfiber string
Classification
  • Wand
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1985
Culture
  • Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Reed, Feather, String
Dimensions Overall: 56.5 x 13.4 cm (22 1/4 x 5 1/4 in.) Overall, Weight: 15.8 g (0.016 kg)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/59073
Provenance
Dealer Kerk Brothers Trading Post (1923)
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (8/1923 - 1985)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (8/1923 - 1985)

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