Prayer Stick

38803

From: Arizona | Hano

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Baho
Object Number 38803
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 a dancing Katsina with a feather headdress over a platform with corn at the bottom. The reverse has eight pairs of brown lines. Handle at the bottom.

Length 57 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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