Peyote Staff

Peyote Wand

59-14-52B

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 59-14-52B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Horsehair | Dye
Iconography Peyote Ceremony
Description

Wand/Staff in three separate pieces which screw together. Card reads: Long wooden rod consisting of three separate pieces which screw together. At one end of the rod is a white brush (7.5 cm) surrounded on the bottom by red quills (1.5 cm long). Part of this section of the rod id covered with woven quills with a striped design. The colors include green, gold, purple, pink, white, blue, black, and red. The rest of this section is carved wood, and where this rod attaches to the next one, it is covered with woven quills, but with a different pattern and weave. The stripes go around the circumference of the rod rather than travelling the length of the the rod. The colors are white, black, orange, gold, blue, and pink. This woven patter is repeated at the bottom of the second section, also where it attaches to the third section. The rest of the section is carved wood. The third section is carved wood with no weaving on it. The carving is identical in all three sections, with black triangles painted on the wood on either end of the carving.

Length 30.8 cm
Credit Line Exchange with Denver Art Museum, 1959

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