Flute

38793

From: Arizona | Oraibi

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Baho
Object Number 38793
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona | Oraibi
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Locus From spring west of Oraibi
Section American
Materials Wood
Description

Two wooden sticks tied together with a plume of feathers, corn husk, and remnants of an herb. Each stick is pointed and painted black at one end while the other end is painted green and notched, resembling a flute.

Length 18 cm
Width 5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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