Dance wand

Museum number:
1-148896
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-19483 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.871
Description:
Side-notched obsidian projectile point, hafted on short shaft; red-tailed hawk feathers tied on near hafting.
Donor:
Henry B. Hickey Jr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Jr.
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Klamath River Tribes
Collector:
H. B. Hickey Sr. and Mrs. H. B. Hickey Sr.
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Obsidian
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1946
Context of use:
Probably used as a dance wand.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 57.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "cf. 1-26542-26543
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dance wand, accession number 1-148896, described as Side-notched obsidian projectile point, hafted on short shaft; red-tailed hawk feathers tied on near hafting.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dance wand, accession number 1-148896, described as Side-notched obsidian projectile point, hafted on short shaft; red-tailed hawk feathers tied on near hafting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dance wand, accession number 1-148896, described as Side-notched obsidian projectile point, hafted on short shaft; red-tailed hawk feathers tied on near hafting.

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