Prayer stick

Museum number:
2-62042
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Accession number:
Acc.3450
Description:
Wooden. Tapers towards each end.
Donor:
Edith Hamlin Dixon
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Maynard Dixon
Collection date:
Before 1946
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Context of use:
Used in a number of religious ceremonies. This stick was taken from an outdoor Hopi shrine.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-62042, described as Wooden. Tapers towards each end.

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