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Set of buffalo dance hand sticks
Object Number 65-27-10/44035
Display Title Set of buffalo dance hand sticks
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Paho
Object Description Set of buffalo dance hand sticks
Inventory Description Dance wands, wood, flat and rectangular w/ handle, pigmented, feathers/grain sta
Classification
  • Dance wand
Department Ethnographic
Artist Gloria Lomaheftewa
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Second Mesa / Songoopavi
Additional Geographic Terms Second Mesa
Materials Wood, Feather, Grain, Cotton string, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 28.7 x 12 x 1.7 cm (11 5/16 x 4 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 65-27-10/44035
Provenance
Collector Dr. John Otis Brew (1965 - 1965)

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