Chief's Stick Item Number: 05.588.7415 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Wooden staff. The upper end has a natural curve which is used to form a bird's head. A long beaked bird with rows of teeth, feathered wings are carved in the surface below the curve.
Credit Line
Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1899
What
Who
- Culture
- Gwa'sala Kwakwaka'wakw
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)