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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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