Stick

Museum number:
18-1113
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
4097 (additional number, acc. number)
Accession number:
Acc.4097
Description:
Stick, shaman’s; cane painted black with yellow scroll and geometric designs; animal hair tufts attached under red-dyed leather bands and black-dyed cordage bands decorated with yellow circles; pendants of water buffalo (?) incisors and trade beads on common cordage
Donor:
B. Kanani Burns
Collection place:
Borneo, Indonesia
Object type:
(not specified)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Bag of fragment (tooth)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Stick, accession number 18-1113, described as Stick, shaman’s; cane painted black with yellow scroll and geometric designs; animal hair tufts attached under red-dyed leather bands and black-dyed cordage bands decorated with yellow circles; pendants of water buffalo (?) incisors and trade beads on common cordageHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Stick, accession number 18-1113, described as Stick, shaman’s; cane painted black with yellow scroll and geometric designs; animal hair tufts attached under red-dyed leather bands and black-dyed cordage bands decorated with yellow circles; pendants of water buffalo (?) incisors and trade beads on common cordage
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Stick, accession number 18-1113, described as Stick, shaman’s; cane painted black with yellow scroll and geometric designs; animal hair tufts attached under red-dyed leather bands and black-dyed cordage bands decorated with yellow circles; pendants of water buffalo (?) incisors and trade beads on common cordage

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