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Stick for sundance whistle

Native American
1850–1900
Object Place: United States, Great Plains region

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions Length 63 cm (24 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1984.319
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAccessories

DescriptionStick of slender piece of wood with faint red coloring and two small branches roughly opposite each other near one end.

ProvenanceAbout 1981, purchased at an antique shop, Essex, CT, by Douglas Deihl, Northampton, MA; 1984, sold by Douglas Deihl to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 13, 1984)