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Object Number 45-25-10/28923
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapuibapo
Object Description Prayer stick (Tapuibapo) - small. Mamzrauti. Made of wood decorated with storm clouds and corn symbols painted in green, red, black, blue and white.
Inventory Description Stick, flat, handle, multi pig. cloud/corn motif, cotton string at sides
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Date Ca. 1891
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 28.7 x 9 x 1 cm (11 5/16 x 3 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28923/ 3331
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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