Prayer stick

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
1-17858
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.468
Description:
Forked sprig of redwood.
Donor:
Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection place:
Korbel, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Korbel
Culture or time period:
Whilkut and Wiyot
Collector:
Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection date:
July 15-October 31, 1913
Taxon:
Sequoia sempervirens
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1913
Context of use:
Woman's "prayer stick". A passing woman strikes her legs with the sprig and says: I leave you all my sickness.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 29 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 1-17858, described as Forked sprig of redwood.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 1-17858, described as Forked sprig of redwood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 1-17858, described as Forked sprig of redwood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 1-17858, described as Forked sprig of redwood.

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