Prayer Stick

38802

From: Arizona | Hano

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Baho
Object Number 38802
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi-Tewa
Provenience Arizona | Hano
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Wooden board painted on both sides. The front has phallic and cloud imagery with corn at the bottom. The reverse is painted white with six pairs of red lines. The sides are perforated but with nothing attached. Handle at the bottom.

Length 52.5 cm
Width 10 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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