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Object Number
45-25-10/28459
Display Title
Lightning stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tal-a-wi-pi-ki
Object Description
Lightning stick (Tal-a-wi-pi-ki). Lightning stick, carvec wood in zig-zag (lightning) form, painted green, black, white, and red. Design painted on stick appears to be Avanuu (water serpent).
Inventory Description
Stick, carved wood, multi pig. snake shape, 1 perf. end, 1 tapered grooved end
Classification
- Prayer stick
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Paint
Dimensions
Overall: 48.1 x 6.2 x 1.9 cm (18 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28459/ 3316
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28458 | Lightning stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28460 | Lightning stick |
Accessory
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Arizona
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| 12-29-10/84356 | Lightning stick |
Prayer stick
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Walpi
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28965 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28964 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28963 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28452 | War club or lightning stick |
Carved Wood
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Tethlunakia
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28916 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28918 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28917 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28915 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28734 | Wooden bull-roarer with lightning design. Used to warn people away from kiva. |
Special
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Arizona
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