Last Modified Jun 8 2001
LENAPE RELIGION AND MUSIC
Russian
Drumsticks. Wood and pigment, height 49 cm (19 5/8 ), 1875-1900. Detroit Institute of Arts
Drum and drumsticks carved with mesingw
Rattle made from the shell of a box turtle and filled with bits of marine shell
>Wooden flute, dating from the late 19th or early 20th century
Wooden Doll Being that was said to bring the Lenapes prosperity and good health
Wooden Doll
Wood Human Effigy Cane
of elongated tapering form, top finial decorated with two carved human faces, the shaft, carved with bosses, brownish red paint overall, metal tip and tacks at the bottom. Length: 35 in. (89 cm.)
Wooden mask of a mesingw, or game spirit, worn by a dancer in the Big House ceremony
Wooden mask of a mesingw, height 28 sm, Lenape-Munsee, Ontario, early 19 century
Mask MESINGW
A Big House prayerstick, topped by a mesingw head and strung with metal chimes and janglers
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