Highly decorated and carved talking stick, or speaker's staff, accompanied by deer hooves (parts b-k). Stick has deeply incised figures (top to bottom) of a thunderbird with wings extended above head, a killer whale, a male wearing a spruce root hat and holding a long stick in his right hand and a rock(?) in his left hand, and a snake. A binding of leather with suspended deer hooves separates the killer whale and the male figure.

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• Type of Item staff
• Culture Quwutsun'
• Material wood, stain, deer hoof, skin
• Measurements height 153.0 cm, width 8.0 cm, depth 9.0 cm (overall)

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• Creator Cicero August
• Previous Owner Florence Franks
• Received from Florence Franks

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• Made in Cowichan
• Collected in Cowichan

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• Creation Date during 1960
• Ownership Date before October 15, 1993
• Acquisition Date on October 15, 1993

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• Condition fair
• Current Location Case 7
• Accession Number 1601/0001 a-k