Wooden, of white-colored wood. Tapers towards each end. Strip of twisted fiber is tied to stick with string.
Donor:
Edith Hamlin Dixon
Collection place:
Arizona
Verbatim coll. place:
Arizona
Culture or time period:
Hopi
Collector:
Maynard Dixon
Collection date:
Before 1946
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Context of use:
Used in a number of religious ceremonies. This stick was taken from an outdoor Hopi shrine.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 0.9 centimeters and length 5.9 centimeters