Shaman's equipment used during the girls' puberty ceremony (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Payómkawichum (Luiseño) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951
label: Previous owner
content: Antonio Quas-Hish, Payómkawichum (Luiseño)
notes: label: Collection History
content: Said to have been the property of Antonio Quas-Hish, a Payómkawichum shaman of the village of Wilsch-le-cop' in Rincon and stored in a cave; removed from the cave by an unknown party in 1910; acquired by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) in 1919 during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Cave, Palomar Mountain; San Diego County; California; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Payómkawichum (Luiseño)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 9/1306
label: Barcode
content: 091306.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Shaman's equipment used during the girls' puberty ceremony (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Steatite/soapstone
label: Techniques
content: Carved