Prayer stick

Museum number:
3-22494
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1258
Description:
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.)
Donor:
Donald Bush Cordry and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1937
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
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.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.)

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