Calendar stick documenting events from 1833 to 1921

American Indian Museum

Calendar stick

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Object Details

Culture/People

Akimel O'odham (Pima)

Artist/Maker

Joseph Head (Rattlesnake Head/Kâemâ-â/Coy-e-mau), Akimel O'odham (Pima), ca. 1850-ca. 1925

Previous owner

Joseph Head (Rattlesnake Head/Kâemâ-â/Coy-e-mau), Akimel O'odham (Pima), ca. 1850-ca. 1925

Collector

Edward H. Davis (Edward Harvey Davis/E. H. Davis), Non-Indian, 1862-1951

Collection History

Collected from Joseph Head (Akimel O'odham, ca. 1850-ca. 1925) in 1920 by Edward H. Davis (1862-1951, a rancher and field collector for MAI) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.

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Date created

1850-1921

Catalog Number

10/4878

Barcode

104878.000

Object Type

Indigenous Knowledge and Records

Object Name

Calendar stick documenting events from 1833 to 1921

Media/Materials

Saguaro cactus, paint

Techniques

Carved, painted, incised

Dimensions

92 x 2.5 cm

Place

Gila Crossing, Gila River Reservation; Maricopa County; Arizona; USA

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Akimel O'odham (Pima)

Indigenous Knowledge and Records

Data Source

National Museum of the American Indian

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws683671015-8a44-426e-bbba-0a666a521c9f

Record ID

NMAI_113332

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perpetual calendar

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