Prayer stick

Museum number:
2-10499
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020010499
Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
1 prayer stick; for shalako?
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Ishamantekyapoa, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni Reservation; Ishamantekyapoa
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:
For shalako (?). From stone shrine.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
No piece count on card.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-10499, described as 1 prayer stick; for shalako?Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Prayer stick, accession number 2-10499, described as 1 prayer stick; for shalako?

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