Staff

Museum number:
2-4802
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Alternate number:
x-1198 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Long staff with carved bird head. Similar to 2-4801.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Staff of dance leader. The man who carries one of these leads the drummers, dancers, and singers by the movements of the staff - dancers imitate the movements of the staff. (Remarks by Charles Brown, June 1964)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 243 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 2-4802, described as Long staff with carved bird head. Similar to 2-4801.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 2-4802, described as Long staff with carved bird head. Similar to 2-4801.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Staff, accession number 2-4802, described as Long staff with carved bird head. Similar to 2-4801.

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