Horse Dance Stick
name: label: Collector
content: Maj. James M. Bell
notes: label: Notes
content: ACCESSION RECORD: (FROM) "SIOUX CAPTIVES." FROM CARD: "ON EXHIBIT HALL 9 - 8/1978." FROM CONDITION REPORT AFTER REMOVAL FROM EXHIBIT HALL 9 (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "CARVED WOODEN HORSE W/ HEAD, NECK, & BACK DELINEATED. WOOD PAINTED BLUE, GREEN, RED & BLACK. MANE & TAIL MADE OF HORSEHAIR. BRIDLE OF TANNED LEATHER. STRIP OF CLOTH TIED AROUND NECK W/ LITTLE BUNDLE. BRIDLE & MANE ATTACHED TO WOOD W/ STEEL PINS. TAIL TIED ONTO PIECE OF METAL INSERTED INTO THE WOOD."
label: Notes
content: This appears to be an object of the type sometimes called a "horse dance stick", dance club, wand, or staff, rather than a toy. Compare to National Museum of the American Indian # 14/1566, http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64f91df84-8d89-4fb7-a62f-8f1144c16c49 . See also pp. 77-79 and Figure 1 in Kramer Karen Janet Catherine Berlo Kathleen E Ash-Milby and Peabody Essex Museum. 2012. Shapeshifting : Transformations in Native American Art. Salem Mass. New Haven Conn: Peabody Essex Museum ; Yale University Press, where Joe D. Horse Capture identifies 14/1566 as a Horse memorial.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Dec 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fort Buford, Williams County, North Dakota, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028804
label: USNM Number
content: EL64-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dance Stick
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 142 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm