Altar Marking Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Jan 1951
name: label: Collector
content: Wallace Night Gun
label: Donor Name
content: George Night Gun
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "RED PAINTED STICK, CYLINDRICAL IN SHAPE. ONE END OF IT USED IN MARKING OUT THE OUTLINE OF THE CEREMONIAL ALTAR IN EARTH BEFORE PAINTING OF THE ALTAR. ALSO USED TO MARK LIGHTNING FURROWS FROM EACH CORNER OF THE ALTAR. THE OUTLINES MADE BEFORE PAINTS APPLIED TO THE ALTAR SURFACE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jun 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot (Niitsitapi, Siksikaitsitapi), Piegan (Piikani)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 189268
label: USNM Number
content: E387744E-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar Stick