Pasta Kan-Quirt

Quirt

45-15-1173

From: United States of America | Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Pasta Kan-Quirt
Object Number 45-15-1173
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cree
Provenience United States of America | Montana
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Elk Horn | Metal | Skin | Fiber
Description

Quirt, elk horn handle studded with brass tacks. Lash wrapped above with red flannel, inserted in end and pegged in. Broad wrist band of blue flannel edged with grey-blue braid and with center strip of Rocky Mountain goat skin. Pasta Kan-quirt, waskasev ais-kan-elkhorn.

Length 30 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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