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Object Number 45-25-10/28932
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tapuibapo
Object Description Prayer stick (Tapuibapo). Mamzrauti. One of pair with 28947. Made of wood, with eagle feathers tied to string, decorated with cloud and corn symbols painted in green, red, black, yellow, and white.
Inventory Description Stick, flat, handle, multi pig. corn/cloud motif, feathers tied w/cotton string
Classification
  • Stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 54.4 x 11.6 x 1.1 cm (21 7/16 x 4 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object POISON/ 45-25-10/28932/ 3339
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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