Carved wooden coup stick
- Made:
- 1860-1900
Carved wooden coup stick, long javelin with pointed ends, surmounted by tuft of coloured feathers bound with leaves, plains Indian, maker, U.S.A., 1860-1900
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A656767
- Measurements:
-
overall: height 2190 mm
tuft: height 380 mm
diameter 23 mm
tuft: diameter 31 mm
- type:
- coup sticks
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
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