Prayer stick

Museum number:
2-10496
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020010496
Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Large, heavy.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Torashikwi, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni Reservation; Torashikwi
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:
Prayer stick or club from war god shrine, of bow priests. It is fastened to staff, "tehtuame" at distal end. One staff and club deposited in Shrine in January and another in February. After the joint ceremonials of Lewekwe and Little Fire fraternities.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Yam Kyan" name. No piece count on card.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-10496, described as Large, heavy.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-10496, described as Large, heavy.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-10496, described as Large, heavy.

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