Dance Wand with Horse Head Carving
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Plains
not dated
Wood, porcupine quills, rawhide, tin metal cones, and blue paint
Overall: 30 5/16 × 2 3/16 × 13/16 in. (77 × 5.5 × 2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Chapman Proctor, Class of 1918
49.25.12268
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Staff
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by a member of the Proctor Family; Alexis Chapman Proctor (1895-1979, Class of 1918), Franklin, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1949.
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