Dance wand/baton used in the Ghost Dance (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Northern Inunaina (Arapaho)
- Previous owner
- Water Snake Woman, Northern Inunaina (Arapaho)
- Collector
- William Wildschut (Willem Wildschut), Non-Indian, 1883-1955
- Collection History
- Collected from Water Snake Woman (Northern Inunaina) in 1923 by anthropologist William (Willem) Wildschut (1883-1955) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Place
- Wind River Reservation; Fremont County, Hot Springs County; Wyoming; USA
- See related items
- Northern Inunaina (Arapaho)
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 12/2023
- Barcode
- 122023.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Dance wand/baton used in the Ghost Dance (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Carved, incised
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_131278