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Hopi Pueblo Wood Dance Wand - C3325G
Category: Other Art Objects | Posted by | Thu, Aug 18th 2016, 6:18pm
Dance wands are customarily carried by the women during some dances. They are flat wood panels with a handle at the end. Decorations may be of any variety of subjects. This one has a green frog with black dots as the sole item of design. Water creatures are always considered fertility indicators so perhaps the frog is used on the wand in a fertility dance. It also could be a clan symbol.