Stick Idol
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Nov 2004
label: Collection Date
content: 1997
name: label: Collector
content: Sven Haakanson Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. William Fitzhugh
notes: label: Notes
content: STICK IDOL MADE OF AN UNWORKED WOODEN STICK. HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO TWO PIECES. MEANT TO REPRESENT DECEASED GRANDPARENT. STICK IDOL WOULD BE FED AND TALKED TO BY NENETS PEOPLE. FOUND IN SEWING BAG (SEE CATALOG NO. E430438). COLLECTOR ASKED OWNER IF HE WANTED STICK IDOL RETURNED. OWNER SAID NO, LET IT TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES. COLLECTOR ALSO ASKED PERMISSION OF OTHER NENETS PEOPLE WHO SAID IT WAS ALL RIGHT FOR IDOL TO BE TAKEN AWAY. SEE ACCESSION RECORDS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, Siberia, Russia, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nenets
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420725
label: USNM Number
content: E430439-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial Object
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 4.5 cm