Pipe Tamper with rattling elements

Native American (Northern Plains)

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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.

Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)

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Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)
Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)
Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)
Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)
Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)
Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)
Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)
Pipe Tamper with rattling elements, Wood, Native American (Northern Plains)

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