Quirt

Museum number:
2-4858
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
43 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.14
Description:
Of paddle-shaped wood; one side blade shows pyroengraved dog or coyote with black cross-hatched body chasing rabbit outlined in yellow and black; green ground; other side shows dog with blue-outlined green body chasing pyroengraved buffalo with black cross-hatched body. Thong at proximal end of handle, plaited rawhide thong at base of blade.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Great Plains
Culture or time period:
Kiowa
Collector:
Capt. Hugh Lenox Scott
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Context of use:
ceremonial
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 30 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #111: Oakland Public Museum (June 1, 1965–June 7, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quirt, accession number 2-4858, described as Of paddle-shaped wood; one side blade shows pyroengraved dog or coyote with black cross-hatched body chasing rabbit outlined in yellow and black; green ground; other side shows dog with blue-outlined green body chasing pyroengraved buffalo with black cross-hatched body. Thong at proximal end of handle, plaited rawhide thong at base of blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Quirt, accession number 2-4858, described as Of paddle-shaped wood; one side blade shows pyroengraved dog or coyote with black cross-hatched body chasing rabbit outlined in yellow and black; green ground; other side shows dog with blue-outlined green body chasing pyroengraved buffalo with black cross-hatched body. Thong at proximal end of handle, plaited rawhide thong at base of blade.

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