Prayer Stick

38118

From: Arizona | Oraibi

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Baho
Object Number 38118
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona | Oraibi
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment | Feather | String
Description

Wooden board painted on both sides. The front has an indiscernible design at the top and corn imagery at the bottom. Paint is worn and faded. The reverse is painted white with six pairs of lines painted in red. Each side of the board has two perforations with string attached. One string still has a feather tied at the end. String is also attached in two places down the center of the back. Handle at the bottom.

Length 45.72 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Thomas B. Donaldson; subscription of John Wanamaker, 1901

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