Dance Staff
70-9-485
From: United States of America | Oklahoma | Fort Washington
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 70-9-485 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Delaware Culture (uncertain) | Lenape (uncertain) |
| Provenience | United States of America | Oklahoma | Fort Washington |
| Culture Area | Northeast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Bead | Buckskin | Feather |
| Description | Decorated with singed, beaded strip, buckskin fringe, yellow and red paint, and three feathers, one of them from a parrot. Of the type used by leaders in social or "stomp" dances. Note on tag accompanying object (not in Speck's writing): "Ft. Washington. Dancing staff, beaded. The designs represent a good loyalty [sic]. Yellow feather represents a safe Guide while dancing." |
| Length | 52 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
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