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Object Number 45-25-10/28934
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Baho
Object Description Prayer stick with feathers - small. Painted brownish-red with feathers attached to it by wool string.
Inventory Description Prayer stick, 2 wood shafts, red, feathers, tied with cotton twine
Classification
  • Prayer stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 24.8 x 31 x 5.3 cm (9 3/4 x 12 3/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28934 & 6 or 9
Provenance
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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