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Object Number
987-24-10/60663
Display Title
Wooden varnished cane with carved serpent along length.
Descriptions
Object Description
Wooden varnished cane with carved features along length resembling open-mouthed orifices, perhaps carved to resemble the "diamonds" on the diamond willow cane 987-24-10/60659. A curving serpant with a flat serpant's head is carved slithering towards the top of the cane, again perhaps carved to resemble the twisted serpants on the serpant cane 987-24-10/60662. 98 cm. (length)
Inventory Description
Staff, carved leaf and vine design, dark stain, varnished
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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North Dakota
Additional Geographic Terms
Sioux Indian Devils Lake Reservation
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 98 x 3.1 x 4.6 cm (38 9/16 x 1 1/4 x 1 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
987-24-10/60663
Provenance
Collector
Alexandria V. Dexter
(1915)
Donor
Edythe Dexter
(1987)
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