Walking stick

Museum number:
3-25339
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Accession number:
Acc.4295
Description:
Walking stick, hardwood, hand-carved, tapered; knob at hand-grip end; human figure with clasped hands and bent knees 12.0 cm down from top; incised spiral carving beneath human figure (resembling twining grapevine); flaring tip; length 92.1 cm x diameter (at knob) 3.9 cm. Context of use: ceremonial walking stick.
Donor:
Mrs. Stanley Zuckerman and Stanley Zuckerman
Collection place:
Panama
Culture or time period:
Kuna
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Walking sticks (costume accesories) and Walking sticks (personal equipment)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
January 4, 1988
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Walking stick, accession number 3-25339, described as Walking stick, hardwood, hand-carved, tapered; knob at hand-grip end; human figure with clasped hands and bent knees 12.0 cm down from top; incised spiral carving beneath human figure (resembling twining grapevine); flaring tip; length 92.1 cm x diameter (at knob) 3.9 cm. Context of use: ceremonial walking stick.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Walking stick, accession number 3-25339, described as Walking stick, hardwood, hand-carved, tapered; knob at hand-grip end; human figure with clasped hands and bent knees 12.0 cm down from top; incised spiral carving beneath human figure (resembling twining grapevine); flaring tip; length 92.1 cm x diameter (at knob) 3.9 cm. Context of use: ceremonial walking stick.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Walking stick, accession number 3-25339, described as Walking stick, hardwood, hand-carved, tapered; knob at hand-grip end; human figure with clasped hands and bent knees 12.0 cm down from top; incised spiral carving beneath human figure (resembling twining grapevine); flaring tip; length 92.1 cm x diameter (at knob) 3.9 cm. Context of use: ceremonial walking stick.

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