Ceremonial Pipe "Dark Wa wan"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Mar 1931
name: label: Donor Name
content: Victor J. Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: See related object E358698.
label: Notes
content: From card: "This consists of a stick grooved on three sides to which are attached various objects. At the head of the stick is the head of a mallard duck; just below this are tied blue cloth material and eagles feathers; below this more duck feathers and the remainder of the stick has cotton yarn and red dyed horsehair tied to it. Used in Wa wan [Wa'wan] singing ceremony (see BAE AR 27, pp. 376 - 378.) LLE 1987".
label: Notes
content: Dr. JoAllyn Archambault, Standing Rock Sioux, NMNH Department of Anthropology, identified as Hunka wand.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 May 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Nebraska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Omaha (Umonhon)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 113605
label: USNM Number
content: E358813-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wand