Prescription Stick
Datec. 1860
Object PlaceKansas, United States, North America
MediumCarved wood
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Dimensions3 x 18 1/2 inches (7.6 x 47 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.413
DescriptionWooden prescription stick (box elder ?) made from a rectangular board which has been flattened along the edges. Engraved plant forms distributed in a regular series around the edges of both faces. Engraved human and animal forms added on the lower right hand corner of either side.On View
Not on viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (1995 Broadway), Department Storage, Americas
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
M. G. Chandler
c. 1860
c. 1860
c. 1850
1750/1800
c. 1850
c. 1825
c. 1825
c. 1870