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Bundle of Prayer sticks
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Object Number 45-25-10/28913
Display Title Bundle of Prayer sticks
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Baho--prayer sticks
Object Description Prayer stick (baho) - very small. Bundle of four Prayer sticks with fiber (hemp) tied around it. Two of the sticks are pointed and painted black, one is painted with a faint grey color.
Inventory Description Prayer sticks, carved wood, 2 pointed, 2 tapered, 2 blk pig., bound veg fiber
Classification
  • Prayer stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 16.1 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm (6 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28913/ 3297
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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