Blow Pipe
46-6-125
From: United States of America | North Carolina | Big Cove
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 46-6-125 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cherokee | Big Cove Band |
| Provenience | United States of America | North Carolina | Big Cove |
| Culture Area | Southeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Cane (plant) |
| Description | "Cane blowing tube used by Will West Long (age 75) medicine man of the Big Cove settlement in his profession as native doctor and conjuror. The medicine is blown over the patient to the accompaniment of a prayer-formula. |
| Length | 23 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 1 cm |
| Credit Line | Cherokee Expedition; Frank G. Speck and John G. Witthoft, 1946 |
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