Medicine Man's Ceremonial Item

Object/Artifact

New Museum Los Gatos

Name/Title

Medicine Man's Ceremonial Item

Entry/Object ID

2011.170

Description

Two horns attached to a wooden stick, resembling a pickaxe. There are four bands of fur along the handle, and a cloth decorative pattern where the horns attach to the handle. All of the decorative elements are attached to the horns or the wood by nails.

Collection

History Collection

Cataloged By

registrar@numulosgatos.org

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

Native American

Notes

There is no specific ethnographic information for this object.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

A45

NH 108

Dimensions

Width

14-1/2 in

Length

14-3/4 in

Material

Wood, Fabric

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Gift of Connie Adkins

Acquisition Method

Gift

Acquisition Date

Nov 30, 1971

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

Brought from Mrs. Adkins' family home in West Virginia, was in the family for "many years." An antique dealer said it belonged to a medicine man's paraphernalia (possibly from ritual of "Red Man's" lodge?)