Prayer Stick

19987

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 19987
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 feathers attached to loose strings tied toward one end. Strings are dyed red and black. The stick is painted red with five diagonal lines at one end and a wavy line at the other end, all in black.

Length 12.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of F. Webb Hodge, 1897

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