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Object Number 45-25-10/28915
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapuibapo
Object Description Prayer stick (Tapuibapo) - small. Made of wood and cotton string decorated with storm cloud symbols painted green and black
Inventory Description Prayer stick, flat wood, grnandwht pigment, blk cloud/lightning, hinged w/twine
Classification
  • Prayer stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 32.2 x 7.2 x 0.5 cm (12 11/16 x 2 13/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28915/ 3326
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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