Walking stick

Museum number:
1-10754
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010010754
Alternate number:
740 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.264, Acc.265, and Acc.266
Description:
Painted red with point like 10744.
Donor:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection place:
Teshechu
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Fresno; Ticetcu
Culture or time period:
Yokuts
Collector:
Samuel A. Barrett
Collection date:
February 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Walking sticks (costume accesories) and Walking sticks (personal equipment)
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
This stick was used as a sort of walking stick by a man who had drunk jimson root as a medicine. Within an hour after drinking half a gallon or so of this decoction a man becomes totally unconscious. He remains in this stupor for from 12 to 24 hours
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
(cont''d from Use Context) ...sickness, death, etc. This is said to have been used by doctors frequently and after drinking they announce the names of those who they see in their visions who are about to become ill or about to die and of course doctor them and effect their cure. Same as 1-10753 Native name: "wuseta".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Walking stick, accession number 1-10754, described as Painted red with point like 10744.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Walking stick, accession number 1-10754, described as Painted red with point like 10744.

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