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Pahos, prayer sticks
Object Number 2004.24.16989
Display Title Pahos, prayer sticks
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Archaeological
  • Ritual
Subject
  • Ceremonial
  • Prayer
  • Pahos
  • Stick
  • Artifact
  • Decorated
Department Photographic
Date 1943
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Ceremonial objects, sticks, pahos
2004.24.19016A Ceremonial objects, sticks, pahos
Grant County
Catron County
Ceremonial objects, sticks, pahos
2004.24.19016B Ceremonial objects, sticks, pahos
Catron County
Grant County
Sticks with hemp fibre, in two parts. Catalog: “pahos made from dart sharg”.
27-11-10/96644 Sticks with hemp fibre, in two parts. Catalog: “pahos made from dart sharg”.
Worked Wood
Ceremonial Cave
6 stalk pahos (sotol bloom stalks with fiber or cord tied around them)
35-61-20/4348 6 stalk pahos (sotol bloom stalks with fiber or cord tied around them)
Worked Wood
Los Morteros Canyon
Carved handle or "rounded pahos"
26-7-10/95528 Carved handle or "rounded pahos"
Raw Material
Worked Wood
Cave
Media Restricted
 		985-27-10/58960 Hopi prayer stick (paho).
Prayer stick
Walpi
Media Restricted
 		985-27-10/58964 Hopi prayer stick (paho). Corn husk and feather lashed to wood w/ cotton string
Prayer stick
Walpi
Offering and prayer sticks
2004.24.18780 Offering and prayer sticks
Arizona
Pahos from ceremonial cave
2004.24.18975 Pahos from ceremonial cave
Ceremonial Cave
Pahos from ceremonial cave
2004.24.18974 Pahos from ceremonial cave
Ceremonial Cave
Painted twig grass stem pahos
2004.24.19059.1 Painted twig grass stem pahos
Catron County
Grant County
Stub Pahos
2004.24.19061 Stub Pahos
Grant County
Catron County