Carved Wooden Stick
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Jun 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1960 to 1969
name: label: Collector
content: John T. Hitchcock
label: Donor Name
content: Catharine McClellan
notes: label: Notes
content: Wooden stick. One end, the handle, carved with diamond pattern. Other half is smooth, gradually tapered at the very end to a rounded point. Very short length of leather strap tied around middle.
label: Notes
content: A shaman named Sakrante is shown using the stick for ceremonial use in film "Gurkha Country" (available at the Human Studies Film Archives, 2007.7.1), and "Himalayan Shaman of Northern Nepal" (2007.7.3),and in photos (National Anthropological Archives, Hitchcock Collection, Box 53 "Buji Khola Pictures" from 1967, and Box 80 Album D.) The sticks were used as drum sticks as well as a tool to remove "arrows" from a person who has been attacked by a spirit. Associated with objects E433291, 433292, and 433406.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Oct 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2032229
label: USNM Number
content: E433409-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial Stick