Mirage stone
- Museum number:
- 2-15170
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020015170
- Accession number:
- Acc.700
- Description:
- White stone possibly aragonite, used as a pest deterrent.
- Donor:
- Willard W. Hill
- Collection place:
- Lukachukai, Apache County, Arizona
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Arizona; Apache; Lukachukai
- Culture or time period:
- Navajo
- Collector:
- Willard W. Hill
- Collection date:
- 1935
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
- Accession date:
- 1936
- Context of use:
- Dust from these placed on seeds of corn for immunity from bugs; etc.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Legacy documentation:
-