Cane

Museum number:
2-39749
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2119
Description:
Wooden cane; covered with horsehair decoration in "soumak" technique; horsehair dyed chartreuse, yellow, red, and black; four horsehair pendants near head of cane.
Donor:
Janice Robison
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Southern Plains tribes and Southwestern Native American
Collector:
Joseph Clark and Mrs. Joseph Clark
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
Among Plains tribes cane functions as badge of office and status symbol.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 88 centimeters
Loans:
S1986-1987 #29: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (April 15, 1987–June 11, 1987)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cane, accession number 2-39749, described as Wooden cane; covered with horsehair decoration in "soumak" technique; horsehair dyed chartreuse, yellow, red, and black; four horsehair pendants near head of cane.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cane, accession number 2-39749, described as Wooden cane; covered with horsehair decoration in "soumak" technique; horsehair dyed chartreuse, yellow, red, and black; four horsehair pendants near head of cane.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cane, accession number 2-39749, described as Wooden cane; covered with horsehair decoration in "soumak" technique; horsehair dyed chartreuse, yellow, red, and black; four horsehair pendants near head of cane.

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