Stick, Coup

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

143-3424 Top Detail: Copyright: St. Joseph Museums, Inc.
143-3424 Top Detail

Copyright: St. Joseph Museums, Inc.

Name/Title

Stick, Coup

Entry/Object ID

143/3424

Description

CATALOGUE SAYS HOOPED DANCE AND SCALP STICK BARK/SCALP/FEATHERS/RIBBONS HARRY GEORGE MAY HAVE TRADED SOMETHING SUCH AS A SHIELD OR THREE KNIFED WAR CLUB FOR THIS

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Great Plains

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Oceti Sakowin
Native American

Notes

the word, Sioux, is referenced. Sioux is considered a slur word according to the Oceti Sakowin peoples.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Stick, Coup

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Prize

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Achievement Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Parts

Count

1

Material

FEATHERS, BARK

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Provenance

Notes

BEATRICE CREAMERY CO.; LINCOLN, NEB. VERN THORNBURGH HLG LEDGER VOL. II, p. 266F, SOLE ITEM LETTER DATED 12/26/1916