Wand

Museum number:
1-157552
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Accession number:
Acc.2098
Description:
Wood branch, forked. Wrapped in colored cotton cloth.
Donor:
David Wayne Peri
Collection place:
Stewart's Point, Sonoma County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Sonoma; Stewart's Point
Culture or time period:
Kashia
Collector:
David Wayne Peri
Collection date:
1957
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
Dance leader's wand from Strawberry Festival ca. 1917. Symbolic meaning: base = earth, left branch = moon, right branch = sun.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 42 centimeters and width 17.4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wand, accession number 1-157552, described as Wood branch, forked. Wrapped in colored cotton cloth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wand, accession number 1-157552, described as Wood branch, forked. Wrapped in colored cotton cloth.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wand, accession number 1-157552, described as Wood branch, forked. Wrapped in colored cotton cloth.

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