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Object Number
45-25-10/28936
Display Title
Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Baho; cc:Paho
Object Description
Prayer stick (paho) made by Sun priests of Hano - very small. Made of wood, cottonwood maybe, with wool string around it painted black and turquoise
Inventory Description
Prayer stick, 2 wood sticks w/ bark, point- ed, black/blue w/ face, cotton twine
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: 17.8 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm (7 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45-25-10/28936 & 3528
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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| 45-25-10/28949 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28948 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28912 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Walpi?
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| 45-25-10/28911 | Prayer stick |
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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| 45-25-10/28914 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Walpi
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28959 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28958 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28938 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28955 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28954 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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| 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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