Rabbit stick

Museum number:
2-33067
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020033067
Accession number:
Acc.1341
Description:
Stains are jackrabbit blood.
Donor:
James F. Downs
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
James F. Downs
Collection date:
June 29, 1960
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1960
Context of use:
Used by Navajo to throw at jackrabbits from horseback. Made of juniper just before hunt. Branch out with doubled bitted axe. Remaining stub knocked away with stone.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21 inches
Comment:
Used by Navajo to throw at jackrabbits from horseback. Made of juniper just before hunt. Branch out with doubled bitted axe. Remaining stub knocked away with stone.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rabbit stick, accession number 2-33067, described as Stains are jackrabbit blood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rabbit stick, accession number 2-33067, described as Stains are jackrabbit blood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rabbit stick, accession number 2-33067, described as Stains are jackrabbit blood.

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