This drumstick would be used for a single religious ceremony with a water drum or a basket and then discarded under a growing juniper. The drumstick has to be made out of a special type of material including juniper, oak, or wild cherry. The leather wrap was made with sacred buckskin, and it is sacred if the animal is killed without blood.

Tags: drumstick, curved, loop
People: Possibly Apache or Navajo
Places: Southwestern, Arizona, New Mexico
Purpose: ceremonial events

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology