Effigy Figure

Dance Stick

22670C

From: New Mexico | Zuni Pueblo

Curatorial Section: American

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

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

Height 3.9 cm
Length 20.5 cm
Width 6.8 cm
Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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