Effigy Figure

Dance Stick

22670B

From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 22670B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Fiber | Pigment | Cloth
Description

Wi-lo-a-na-nai = Lightning. The body of an animal effigy that attaches to a construction made of articulating sticks that expands.

Height 8.5 cm
Length 67 cm
Width 7.3 cm
Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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