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Start Over Object name Prayer stick Object type ethnography Collection place North America
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 3-30700, described as Pointed wooden stick topped with feathers bound to the stick with grey yarn. Two very long feathers are blue, as are some of the shorter feathers.
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-9452, described as Partly painted with red and black colors. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-62042, described as Wooden. Tapers towards each end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-10506, described as Facet stick was yellow in facet, black below tie and on top. Other stick, blue above tie, black below.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-10497, described as Large, heavy.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-62041, described as Wooden. Stripped smooth of bark. Tapers towards each end.
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 3-22485, described as prayer stick: ceremonial curing arrow. shaft and 3 feathers.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-59510, described as Wooden stick with corn husk "buds" and feathers attached with wool thread (Z-spun, S-plied). Sticks also attached to the prayer stick in the same manner. Stick is black with a notch cut out at the top.
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 3-22494, described as ceremonial arrow used in prayer for rain, wood foreshaft, bamboo grooved and removable, 8 feathers tied to the bamboo shaft with white string. (3-22495 was stuck to cotton on arrival at the museum.)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-17956, described as Small branch with bark peeled from one end, three feathers (one blue jay, one magpie, and one duck) tied to peeled end with white cotton cord.

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