Prayer Stick

38799

From: Arizona | Oraibi

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Baho
Object Number 38799
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona | Oraibi
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Locus Katchina House, south of Oraibi
Section American
Materials Wood | String | Pigment | Feather
Description

Four prayer stick bundles and two individual sticks. Each bundle is made up of two sticks painted black, some have remnants of feathers attached. Bundles are tied together with string.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901
Other Number D - Field No SF

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