Wand
- Museum number:
- 2-10495
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020010495
- Accession number:
- Acc.543
- Description:
- Butt end of tree, base carved into a wand.
- Donor:
- Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Zuni
- Culture or time period:
- Zuni
- Collector:
- Elsie Clews Parsons
- Collection date:
- 1918
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Accession date:
- 1919
- Context of use:
- Fraternity members insert the wand into their stomachs. After the performance, such trees are deposited in a rocky cliff.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- 8 feet
- Legacy documentation:
-