Prayer Stick

38797

From: Arizona

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Baho
Object Number 38797
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hopi
Provenience Arizona
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Three, rectangular, wooden boards that were once attached with string. Each board is painted on both sides. The first board is thinner and has a "Z" shape in black with one side of the shape painted green and the other side unpainted. The pattern is repeated on the reverse. The second board has half painted red and the other half painted green. The reverse has six pairs of black lines. The third board has the same "Z" pattern as the first. The reverse has six pairs of black lines.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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