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Object Number
45-25-10/28770
Display Title
Corn husk amulets
Descriptions
Object Description
2 Corn husk amulets - they typify the whirling rain clouds and are used in the Lalakonti ceremony - plant amulet. Corn husk amulets, rings of corn husk with sticks running through bound with yucca or cotton ties.
Inventory Description
Corn husk rings, wrapped withwood crosspieces and feathers
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 17.5 x 6.9 x 4 cm (6 7/8 x 2 11/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
45-25-10/28770/ 3555
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/48090 | Corn husk ring |
Accessory
|
Arizona?
| |
| 45-25-10/28709 | Bundle of corn husk |
Accessory
|
Arizona
| |
| 79-71-50/19844 | Ground stone ornaments, 2 scarab amulets and one fish amulet |
Ornament
|
Thebes
| |
| 45-25-10/28721 | Tablita (headdress) |
Raw Material
Headdress |
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 995-29-10/74019 | Pair of corn tassels |
Accessory
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28729 | Niman Katsina Mask |
Mask
|
Arizona
| |
| 34-28-50/224 | 7 amulets on a string |
Pendant
|
Abyssinia
| |
| 55-8-20/19623 | 6 jadite and serpentine amulets |
Ornament
|
Kaminaljuyu
| |
| 47-12-10/27972 | Balls of salt wrapped in corn husks |
Corn
|
Class 1; ruin A; Johnson Caynon Ruins
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Whetstone, nephrite; also used as amulets (dall.)
| 94-57-10/R57 | Whetstone, nephrite; also used as amulets (dall.) |
Point Barrow
| ||
| 33-62-10/2049 | Corn husk ring |
Raw Material
Floral Remain |
Floating House Ruin
| |
| 33-62-10/2048 | Corn husk ring |
Raw Material
Floral Remain |
Floating House Ruin
|