Guardian figure staff
Unknown Artist
ca. 1820–50
Medium
Conifer wood, deer hooves, pigment, and vegetal fiber
Dimensions
25 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (63.5 × 10.2 × 8.9 cm)
Classification
Staff
Culture
Lower Chehalis or Quinault, Native American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2021
Accession Number
2021.434.13