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Object Number 45-25-10/28965
Display Title Prayer stick
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Paho--prayer stick
Object Description Prayer stick - lightning paho. Carved in lightning motif with canvas attatched and feather to stick.
Inventory Description Prayer stick, wood, lightning motif, pointed ends, red pig., hide thong, feather
Classification
  • Prayer stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms Arizona, northeast
Dimensions Overall: 15.2 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm (6 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object POISON & 45-25-10/28965 & 3385
Provenance
Collector Dr. Jesse Walter Fewkes (1892)
Collector Thomas V. Keam (1892)
Donor Mary T. Hemenway (May 5, 1945)

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