Pipe Tamper with rattling elements
Native American (Northern Plains)
Not on view
Carved from a single block of wood, this rare dance tapper represents a trend during the last quarter of the 19th century for re-imagining the traditional enemy effigy victory stick to include features of fashionable Euro-American walking sticks. The pointed end was tapped against a tomahawk blade or other sonorous objects.
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