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Baton16/9707

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wood, pigment, cloth and metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Baton, For Potlatches16/8778
Baton, Long16/4949
Baton, Long16/4948
Rey Caporal Baton2946/4

Hollow, gold coloured processional baton with figure at top wearing a black top hat. The face has wide set blue eyes, flaring orange nostrils, an open mouth and straight white teeth. The chin is blue with flared edges and fluffy black fibres on the back. The hat is decorated with silver glitter.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
paint, tin metal, plastic and fibre
Made in
Puno, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baton, Carved16.1/1611
Baton, Carved16.1/1610
Baton25.0/269

Singers who sit at the back of the house in front of a painted screen use wooden batons such as these to beat on a plank in time with their songs. The baton (in front), which has a thunderbird design, may have been carved by Willie Seaweed.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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