Prayer Stick
38806
From: Arizona | Walpi
Curatorial Section: American
| Native Name | Baho |
| Object Number | 38806 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Hopi |
| Provenience | Arizona | Walpi |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment | Feather | String |
| Description | Wooden board painted on both sides. The front has cloud imagery at the top with phallic and rain imagery in the center and corn at the bottom. The reverse is painted white with six pairs of red lines. The sides are painted red. Each side of the board has two perforations. String is attached to the perforations and white feathers are attached to the strings. String is also attached in the center of the back. Handle at the bottom. Similar to 38807. |
| Length | 45.5 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
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