Musical Scraper Stick

37130.1

From: United States of America | Utah | Whiterocks

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Wu-Nis-Vism
Object Number 37130.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Uinta Ute
Provenience United States of America | Utah | Whiterocks
Culture Area Great Basin Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Hide | Shell
Description

Notched stick (.1) and scraping billet (.2). Notches colored with red pigment. Handle has buckskin wrist strap attached and a crescent shaped shell. End opposite the handle has a face carved with red pigment along the mouth and black along the nostrils and eyes. Model.

Length 62.5 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900
Other Number 336 - Other Number

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