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Object Number
45-25-10/28753
Display Title
Prayer offerings
Descriptions
Object Description
Offerings made for abundant squash crops. Offerings made from small chunks of wood (cottonwood?).
Inventory Description
Offerings, wood cylinders, perforated, cracked, 1 w/ yarn, spokes and metal pins
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
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Navajo County
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Hopi Reservation
/
Antelope Mesa
/
Awatovi
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast; Ancient shrine; Awatovi, near
Materials
Wood, Cotton string, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 14.7 x 5.4 x 3.3 cm (5 13/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
10
Label on object
45-25-10/28753 & 3530
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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