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Object Number
45-25-10/28959
Display Title
Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Paho--prayer stick; Mamazravaho--Woman's Society; cc:Mamzrauti
Object Description
Prayer stick (paho) - Mamzrauti. Made of wood decorated with Katsina and corn symbols, the Katsina has the Avanu (water serpent) on its face, painted in red, green black, and white.
Inventory Description
Prayer stick, wood, flat, with handle, polychrome painting of Katchina figure
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
Materials
Wood, Cotton string, Pigment, String
Dimensions
Overall: 61.8 x 11.8 x 1.5 cm (24 5/16 x 4 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
45_25_10/28959 & [2] & 3575 (green dot) & 41.34\ (Peabody)
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes
(1892)
Collector
Thomas V. Keam
(1892)
Donor
Mary T. Hemenway
(May 5, 1945)
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| 45-25-10/28958 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28954 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28955 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28938 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28950 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28957 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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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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| 45-25-10/28946 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28937 | Prayer stick |
Prayer stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28945 | Prayer stick |
Stick
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Arizona
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| 45-25-10/28944 | Prayer stick |
Stick
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Arizona
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