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Object Number
45-25-10/28925
Display Title
Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Tapuibapo
Object Description
Prayer stick (Tapuibapo). Mamzrauti. Painted with Katsina, cloud, and corn symbols in green, red, yellow, black, and white. Attached to it is a plant fibre symbolic of corn seeds or plants.
Inventory Description
Prayer stick, flat wood, handle, katsina/corn poly motif, grain at top
Classification
- Prayer stick
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Arizona, northeast
Dimensions
Overall: 61.9 x 10.7 x 0.8 cm (24 3/8 x 4 3/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28925/ 3333
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 |
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28926 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28924A | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28924 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28931 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28928 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28918 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
| |
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28917 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
| |
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28937 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28922 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28921 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28927 | Prayer stick |
Stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28930 | Prayer stick |
Stick
|
Arizona
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