Balio or prayer stick

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
2-8938
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.289
Description:
Balio or prayer stick.
Donor:
Kate S. Cory
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Kate S. Cory
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Prayer-sticks (ceremonial objects) and Prayer-sticks (personal equipment)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Exchanged.
Loans:
S1981-1982 #47: Heffernan Films (March 3, 1982–March 10, 1982)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Balio or prayer stick, accession number 2-8938, described as Balio or prayer stick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Balio or prayer stick, accession number 2-8938, described as Balio or prayer stick.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Balio or prayer stick, accession number 2-8938, described as Balio or prayer stick.

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