Mask, Ritual
Name/Title
Mask, RitualEntry/Object ID
2018.3.147Description
Property C38: Staff with Eagle Foot Object: ceremonial staff, Artist/Maker: Lakota, Nakota, Dakota (Lakota)/ Oceti Sakowin (Sioux), Title/Model: Staff with Eagle Claw, Date/Region: ca. 1920 / Northern Plains, Medium/Technique: natural materials of tree branch, bands of leather and cloth, dangling beads of wood, brass, pigment, and a poly eagle claw / handmade, Edition/Series: unique, 1 of 1, Size: 28" H x 10" W x 5" D, Condition: good, Signature/Inscriptions: n/a, Exhibitions/Literature: n/a, Description/Notes: A wood branch is blackened, seared and wrapped with bands of leather and cloth. From the three areas of wrapped bands dangle wood, leather, feathers, and wood, metal and brass beads. Some pigment was used for aging. Affixed to the end of the branch is a poly eagle claw. Our subject appears unused and created after regulation laws.Collection
NATIVE AMERICANEthnography
Culture/Tribe
Oceti Sakowin
Native American