Shed stick

Museum number:
2-10420
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Made of wood; diagonal cut at one end to form point; other end narrowed to form handle; square hole in end of handle with white cloth strip tied through it. "R.A." carved in handle.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1919
Context of use:
Weaving sword for belt loom.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 48.5 centimeters and width 6.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shed stick, accession number 2-10420, described as Made of wood; diagonal cut at one end to form point; other end narrowed to form handle; square hole in end of handle with white cloth strip tied through it. "R.A." carved in handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shed stick, accession number 2-10420, described as Made of wood; diagonal cut at one end to form point; other end narrowed to form handle; square hole in end of handle with white cloth strip tied through it. "R.A." carved in handle.

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