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Object Number 45-25-10/28955
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Paho--prayer stick; Mamazravaho--Women's Society; cc:Mamzrauti
Object Description Prayer stick (paho) - Mamzrauti. One of pair eith 28954. Made of wood decorated with Katsina, cloud, and corn symbols painted in green, red, black, yellow, blue, and white. The Katsina has on its face the Avanu (water serpent).
Inventory Description Prayer stick, carved wood, polychrome katsina/corn design, cotton strings
Classification
  • Prayer stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 54.2 x 11.2 x 0.9 cm (21 5/16 x 4 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 45-25-10/28955 & 3571
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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