Staff

Museum number:
2-15540
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020015540
Alternate number:
12 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Masset, Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Queen Charlotte Islands; Masset
Culture or time period:
Haida
Collector:
Willie J. Clark Dodd
Collection date:
1887-1890
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 134 centimeters
Loans:
S1963-1964 #3: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (July 15, 1963–July 16, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 2-15540, described as Speaker's staff, highly polished with carved animals. Slightly damaged.

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