Prayer Stick
19979
From: New Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 19979 |
| 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 plume of feathers tied toward one end. An additional plume of feathers is attached to a loose cord tied to the end of the stick. The end with feathers is carved to form a stepped point, then dyed blue. Most of the wood is dyed black. Broken at one end. |
| Length | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of F. Webb Hodge, 1897 |
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