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Image Not Available for Bunch of miscellaneous turkey feathers used as decoration for prayer stick
Bunch of miscellaneous turkey feathers used as decoration for prayer stick
Image Not Available for Bunch of miscellaneous turkey feathers used as decoration for prayer stick
Object Number 35-7-10/4447
Display Title Bunch of miscellaneous turkey feathers used as decoration for prayer stick
Descriptions
Object Description Bunch of miscellaneous turkey feathers used as decoration for prayer stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / Third Mesa / Oraibi
Additional Geographic Terms Third Mesa
Provenance
Collector Prof. Mischa Titiev (December, 1934)
Donor Prof. Mischa Titiev (January 9, 1935)

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