Carved wooden coup stick

Made:
1860-1900

Carved wooden coup stick, long javelin, pointed tip, surmounted by cuff of grasses with red, white and blue painted designs, fringe of feathers, fluted at top for feathers, now missing, Plains, Indian, USA, 1860-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A16725
Materials:
wool, glass and feathers
type:
coup sticks
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)