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Object Number 45-25-10/28902
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Baho--prayer stick
Object Description Prayer stick - (baho). Corn husk tied to it with cotton string wrapped around it.
Inventory Description Prayer sticks, 2 carved wood, 1 end pointed, 1 with face, bound string and husk
Classification
  • Prayer stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 2 x 1.5 cm (3 7/8 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28902/ 3289
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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