Bundle of 20 Visiting Sticks Item Number: 11.694.8994 from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

These messenger sticks are wood sticks tied with hide and a piece of membrane [possibly snake skin]. See also 11.694.9025 for visiting tobacco. Such sticks were sent by a messenger when a traveler was within a day's journey of his destination. His hosts were expected to give a small token in return.

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1911, Museum Collection Fund

Item History

  • Made between 1868 and 1933

What

Name
Bundle of 20 Visiting Sticks
Identification Number
11.694.8994
Type of Item
bundle and stick
Material
wood, pigment, hide and membrane
Measurements
“9 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (24.1 x 3.8 cm)” ?

Who

Culture
Osage

Where

Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum

When

Creation Date
between 1868 and 1933

Other

Classification
(not assigned)