Prayer stick (Paho)
Hopi
Southwest
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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