Prayer Stick
38807
From: Arizona | Walpi
Curatorial Section: American
Native Name | Baho |
Object Number | 38807 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Hopi |
Provenience | Arizona | Walpi |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Pigment | Feather | String |
Description | Wooden board painted on both sides. The front has cloud imagery at the top with phallic and rain imagery in the center and corn at the bottom. The reverse is painted white with six pairs of red lines. The sides are painted red, one side has a large dent toward the center. One side of the board has two perforations and the other side has only one. Each perforation has string attached and one string has remnants of a feather. String is also attached in the center of the back. Handle at the bottom. Similar to 38806. |
Length | 45.5 cm |
Width | 10 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901 |
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