Prayer sticks

Museum number:
2-10501
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Black sticks with flicker feathers.
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
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:
From slab shrine.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer sticks, accession number 2-10501, described as Black sticks with flicker feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer sticks, accession number 2-10501, described as Black sticks with flicker feathers.

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