Staff
Baton
NA10513
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA10513 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Locus | Sitka Whale Collection |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Description | Speaker's staff made from one length of wood called "The Octopus Tentacle." Carved with two columns of suckers along the length of the staff. Tapers to a slightly more narrow bottom and a wider upper end. The upper end is carved with a design likely representing the head of the octopus. Upper end may be unfinished or designed for the attachment of an additional head or ornament. |
| Length | 157.48 cm |
| Width | 3.81 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1925 |
| Other Number | 93 - Collector Number |
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