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Object Number
45-25-10/28948
Display Title
Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Paho--prayer stick; Mamazravaho--Woman's Society; cc:Mamzrauti
Object Description
Prayer stick (paho) - Mamzrauti. One of pair with 28949. Made of wood, maybe cottonwood, decorated with cloud and corn symbols painted in green, red, black, yellow, and white.
Inventory Description
Prayer stick, carved wood with handle, poly. Cloud/corn design, string streamers
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: 28.8 x 5.8 x 1.9 cm (11 5/16 x 2 5/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45_25_10/28948 & 3560
Provenance
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(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
| 45-25-10/28949 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28946 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28954 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28938 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28955 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28950 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28957 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28959 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28958 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28937 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
|
Arizona
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|
Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28945 | Prayer stick |
Stick
|
Arizona
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Media Restricted
| 45-25-10/28944 | Prayer stick |
Stick
|
Arizona
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