Prayer Stick

19976

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 19976
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Feather | Fiber | Pigment
Description

Wooden stick with a single feather tied to the center. Bark is stripped off from the upper third of the stick and from a ring close to the middle. Traces of blue pigment on the stripped wood.

Length 18 cm
Credit Line Gift of F. Webb Hodge, 1897

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