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Ceremonial Staff38.63

Frank L. Babbott Fund

Culture
Ica
Material
huarango wood
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Carved Shaman's Staff Representing Raven (Taske)05.588.7308

The exact use of this staff is unknown. It was possibly used as a shaman's curing staff. It depicts a raven with a long beak and flattened wings along the side. (Photograph does not show the body or the long staff itself). Most of the greenish paint has come off.

Culture
Haida
Material
wood and pigment
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Staff or War ClubX730

Central Plains. This club would be carried in dances as a something that gave status and position to a man for instance the Buffalo Dance Society. Should not have any restrictions as these were individual ownership.

Culture
Plains
Material
stone, hide, bison horn, owl feather, horse hair and ochre
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Dance Staff50.67.94

Long staff with knobs along the handle. The top is a larger knob with a face engraved into one side. Similar staffs are used for Sioux Warrior Societies and there is a possibility this staff was used as such and is not Caddo but Sioux.

Culture
Sioux and Caddo
Material
wood and pigment
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Staff1884.68.63

item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Culture
Haida
Material
wood and pigment
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Staff1884.68.49

item is from the Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ? or Haida ?
Material
cedar wood and pigment
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada ? or Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Staff1891.49.18

Model of medicine man's staff in the form of a bird head. It is painted in red and black and has three white bird feathers. [MJD 17/08/2009]

Culture
Haida
Material
wood, pigment and bird feather
Made in
British Columbia Haida Gwaii NW Coast, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Dance BatonE230070-0

From card: "Carved and painted."

Culture
Tlingit
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Doctor's ClubE274336-0
StaffET17455-0

72698; STAFF, MISNUMBERED, LOOKS LIKE A NEW STAFF FROM MAKAH.

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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