Prayer sticks and fragments

Museum number:
2-10498
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Seven prayer sticks and 3 fragments.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Akohanatinawa, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni Reservation; Akohanatinawa
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Elsie Clews Parsons
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fragments (object portions)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1919
Context of use:
For shalako (?). From walled shrine.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
No piece count on card.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer sticks and fragments, accession number 2-10498, described as Seven prayer sticks and 3 fragments.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer sticks and fragments, accession number 2-10498, described as Seven prayer sticks and 3 fragments.

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