Object Number | 52-6-15 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Indian |
Provenience | North America |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Quill | Hair | Sinew |
Description | Flat in cross section. Upper third divided into 3 flat "tubes" wrapped with dyed porcupine quills. Stripes at either end of each and simple slanting checkerboard lines on 5 "fields" in between on one surface. (Checkers in pink on blue in sections 1 and 5 outer tubes, center on inner; black on white in 2 and 4 on outer, 1 and 5 innter; yelllow on red center on outers, 2 and 4 inner) Hank of red horsehair secured by sinew wrapping at base of divided section. Wrapping near mouthpiece now gone. (Bird feathers?) |
Length | 81 cm |
Width | 4.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Episcopal Church Training School, 1952 |
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