Pair Wands Used By Women At 10 Yrs. Festival
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "49059-61. 49060-61. LOAN: CROSSROADS SEP 22 1988. 49060 & 61: ILLUS.: CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS CATALOGUE; FIG. 365, P. 267. 49060 & 49061 RETURNED FROM LOAN, 11-13-91." Crossroads of Continents catalogue identiifies 49060 and 49061 as Bering Sea Eskimo large eagle feather wands made of golden eagle wing feathers tied to slender rods. Plumes of eagle down were attached to the tips of the feathers, and tufts of wolf or Siberian reindeer fur to the base. These wands have lost their attachments. Eskimo women danced with such wands in some festivals.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Apr 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Rasboinsky (Razboinski), Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E49060-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wand