Shaman's wand/baton (Image withheld)
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- Culture/People
- Guna [Guna Yala]
- Collector
- Herbert H. Evans (Herbert Heard Evans), Non-Indian, 1880-1962
- Previous owner
- Herbert H. Evans (Herbert Heard Evans), Non-Indian, 1880-1962
- Donor
- Herbert H. Evans (Herbert Heard Evans), Non-Indian, 1880-1962
- Collection History
- Collected in the early 1920s by Herbert H. Evans (1880-1962, assistant superintendent of the Mechanical Division for the Panama Canal from 1919 to 1939); donated to MAI in 1957 by Herbert Evans.
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- Place
- Guna Yala Indigenous Territory (San Blas); Panama
- Archipelago
- Archipiélago de San Blas (San Blas Islands)
- See related items
- Guna [Guna Yala]
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 22/5728
- Barcode
- 225728.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items: Shamanic objects
- Object Name
- Shaman's wand/baton (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved, painted
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_240640