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Object Name	staff
Tribe	Omaha
Object Type	lance, crooked
Description	"With a crook at the top; made of ash wood; decorated with lynx fur and the feathers of the mottled eagle; metal blade set in at top"
Museum	Phoebe Hearst Museum, University of California, Berkeley, California
Catalog Number	2-5,244.00
Primary Material	wood
Primary Decorative	feathers
Secondary Decorative	fur
Subject	religious
Year of Coll/Manuf	1901-02
Length	31.8 cm (of exposed blade)
Notes	"Staff belongs to the leader of the people at the tribal buffalo hunt; kept in the Sacred Tent with the White Buffalo Hide when in camp. Carried during the surround and thrust in the ground as a signal for the hunt to charge. Standard of the Omaha Tokala
UNL Curatorial Comments	Tokala Society lance
Provenance	Francis La Flesche
Collection	Omaha Indian Heritage Project