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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 view
Collections
  • 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