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Object Number 12-29-10/84356
Display Title Lightning stick
Descriptions
Object Description Lightning stick
Inventory Description Stick, carved wood, multi pig. snake shape, 1 perf. end, 1 tapered grooved end
Classification
  • Prayer stick
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Arizona / Navajo County / Hopi Reservation / First Mesa / Walpi
Additional Geographic Terms First Mesa
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 54.9 x 7.2 x 1 cm (21 5/8 x 2 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 84356 / 81/ Walpi
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1912)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1912)

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