Prayer stick

Object status:
Deaccessioned
Museum number:
1-17856
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.468
Description:
Sharpened hazel "prayer stick". Pointed at both ends.
Donor:
Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection place:
Korbel, Humboldt County, California
Culture or time period:
Whilkut and Wiyot
Collector:
Llewellyn Lemont Loud
Collection date:
July 15-October 31, 1913
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1913
Context of use:
Sharpened sticks are thrown at trunk of tree by passing men, with a prayer for good luck.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 41.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1977-1978 #8: Mills College/Dorothy Washburn (September 20, 1977–September 21, 1977)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 1-17856, described as Sharpened hazel "prayer stick". Pointed at both ends.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 1-17856, described as Sharpened hazel "prayer stick". Pointed at both ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 1-17856, described as Sharpened hazel "prayer stick". Pointed at both ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 1-17856, described as Sharpened hazel "prayer stick". Pointed at both ends.

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