Prayer stick (Paho)

Hopi
Southwest

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collected about 1903

Wood, green paint, cotton string, corn husk, plant fiber and feathers

Overall: 4 15/16 × 7/8 in. (12.5 × 2.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.10103.5

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Southwest

Not on view

Provenance

Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), First Mesa, Arizona, probably 1903; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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