Prayer Stick

39-9-7

From: Arizona (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Baho
Object Number 39-9-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi (uncertain)
Provenience Arizona (uncertain)
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Hawk Feather | Corn Husk
Description

Wooden parallelogram with elongated knob grip, stepped and with painted sky terrace; rainbow and rain [?] On face, green maize ear with black square-and-dot kernels. Long hawk feather glued to back of baho and shorter one tied to corn-husk back of sacred meal at grip.

Height 24 cm
Width 3.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Misses Harshberger in memory of John W. Harshberger, 1939

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