Wooden stick with corn husk "bud", feather, and sticks attached with wool yarn thread (Z-spun, S-plied). Stick is black with a notch cut out at the top.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Pueblo tribes
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1970
Context of use:
Ceremonial; used to manipulate the supernatural forces.