Clapper
Flower dance wand. Clapper — very long stick, made of brown elderberry wood; pared down into nine slender rods on end. Twelve spaced black bands are painted around each rod. One of the nine rods is broken off. One rod is cracked. Polished.
Klamath River Area
- Object: Clapper
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: unknown
- Dimensions: 5 feet by 1inch
- Culture Area: California
- Cultural Group: Hupa
- Cultural Context: Used as an instrumental object. When it is shaken the rods clash together giving a clacking noise. Used for dances and ceremonies.
- Donor: Bill Turner
- Catalog #: 96.137