Bundle of sticks

Museum number:
2-5300
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005300
Alternate number:
3289 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Object count:
100
Description:
Bundle of 100 sticks tied with a thong.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Blackfoot Reservation, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Blackfoot Reservation
Culture or time period:
Blackfoot of Canada
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 27, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Probably the counter sticks used by the owner of a Beaver Bundle to record the winter songs; usually found in North Blackfoot Beaver Bundle (Tobacco Society). (John Hellson; Manitoba Museum of Man & Nature; 1971)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
25.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bundle of sticks, accession number 2-5300, described as Bundle of 100 sticks tied with a thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bundle of sticks, accession number 2-5300, described as Bundle of 100 sticks tied with a thong.

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