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Object Number
45-25-10/28460
Display Title
Lightning stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tal-a-wi-pi-ki
Object Description
Lightning stick (Tal-a-wi-pi-ki). Lightning stick carved wood in zig-zag (lightning) form, painted red, black, white, and green. One end has six nothes carved into it the opposite end has a grooved carved into the side surfaces.
Inventory Description
Stick, carved wood, multi pig. snake shape, 1 perf. end, 1 tapered grooved end
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Paint
Dimensions
Overall: 53 x 6.9 x 1 cm (20 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28460
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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