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37614B

From: United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 37614B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Yankton | Dakota | Sioux
Provenience United States of America | Montana | Fort Peck Reservation
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Hide | Sinew | Pigment
Description

Whip top, carved from lightweight wood. The top of the top is flat, painted blue, and surrounded by a ring of red pigment. It tapers to a rounded point, and the numbers 797 and 37614 are written on the side. There are also some small pencil marks and a smear of red pigment on the side of the top.

Length 5.2 cm
Credit Line John Wanamaker Expedition, 1900; R. Stewart Culin, 1900
Other Number 797 - Other Number

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