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Object Number 45-25-10/28953
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Paho--prayer stick; Mamazravaho--Woman's Society; cc:Mamzrauti or Marauvaho; Pahlik Mana--Butterfly Maiden; cc:Calako Mana
Object Description Prayer stick decorated with a figure of Pahlik Mana with storm clouds behind her, on the reverse side is a corn stalk. Mamzrauti. Painted with white, red, green, and black. Board slat with figure of Calako Mana?
Inventory Description Panel, rectangular w/2 feet , painted katsina figure, feathers attached, thread
Classification
  • Art 3-D
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Materials Wood, Paint, Feather, Cotton string, String
Dimensions Overall: 62.2 x 19.4 x 1.3 cm (24 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28953/ 3569 [green dot]/ 41.35/ (Peabody)/ 13
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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