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Apache Wood Dance Staff
Guns International #: 101941562 Seller's Inventory #: AF1061
Category: Collectibles - Native American - Collectibles - Western
Seller's Information
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Seller: Cisco's Gallery
Company: Ciscos Gallery
Member Since: 9/2/16
First Name: Sam
Last Name: Kennedy
State: Idaho
Zip: 83814
Country: United States
Phone: (208) 769-7575
Fax: (208) 769-7575
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 706
Total Number of Listings: 6837
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Visa, Mastercard, certified funds, cashiers checks, money orders, and personal checks (items shipped when cleared). 3% surcharge on firearm purchases made with a credit card.
About Us: Cisco’s Rare & Exceptional deals in one-of-a-kind pieces that define America and the Wild West. The collection is both diverse and expansive, including historic antique western firearms, artifacts, antiques, fine art, and western home furnishings. Our store, located in scenic Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, is filled from floor to ceiling with pieces that spark romantic tales of the western frontier. Cisco’s inventory of authentic Native American art and artifacts is among the finest in the world featuring Navajo rugs, baskets, beadwork, totems, pipes, southwest jewelry and more!
Description:
A wooden staff with a curved end and metal ornaments, used as a dance stick for the Sunrise ceremony that marks a girl's passage into womanhood. The crooked staff has incised linear markings just below the curved tip. A leather cord is twisted and tied from the interior of the staff to the tip of the curved end. Along the leather bands are silk ribbons, metal jingle bells, and a glass piece that looks like a bottle stopper. Some of the metal ornaments include brass buckles, openwork metal pendants with glass beads, and a naja pendant suspended from the top of the staff. Dyed pink goose feathers add a nice pop of color to the tip. The Sunrise dance is a four-day ceremony which an Apache girl goes through after her first menstruation. The girl temporarily becomes Changing Woman, an incarnation of the first woman and mother of the Apache people. The girl is presented with a crooked staff, such as this example, to dance with. The staff represents the cane the young woman may need in old age. Size: 38" L x 9" W
Family Owned & Operated
Cisco’s Gallery deals in the rare, exceptional, and one-of-a-kind pieces that define the history of America and the Old West. Our pieces range from American Indian to Cowboy Western and include original items of everyday life, commerce, art, and warfare that tamed America’s frontier. Our 14,000 square foot gallery opened in 1996 in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Personal Service
Cisco’s operates on old fashioned values – honesty and integrity, and all of our items are backed by our money back guarantee. We appreciate the opportunity to earn your business. Whether you desire assistance with a jewelry purchase, choosing a gift, identification, or even selling – we hope to be your trusted source.
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