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Object Number
45-25-10/28908
Display Title
Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Baho--prayer stick
Object Description
Prayer sticks (baho) - very small. Both have pointed ends, one a black point, the other a white wash and black point.
Inventory Description
Prayer sticks, carved wood, ends pointed, 1 w/blk tip, bound w/veg fiber string
Classification
- Prayer stick
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
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Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 12.3 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm (4 13/16 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28908/ 3293
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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| 45-25-10/28913 | Bundle of Prayer sticks |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28909 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28907 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28906 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28902 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28905 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28903 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28904 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 985-27-10/58960 | Hopi prayer stick (paho). |
Prayer stick
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Walpi
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| 45-25-10/28910 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Walpi?
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| 45-25-10/28936 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 985-27-10/58964 | Hopi prayer stick (paho). Corn husk and feather lashed to wood w/ cotton string |
Prayer stick
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Walpi
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