Prayer Stick
19991
From: New Mexico
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 19991 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Pueblo | Zuni |
| Provenience | New Mexico |
| Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber | Feather | Pigment |
| Description | Wooden stick with a plume of feathers tied toward one end. An additional plume of feathers is attached to a loose string tied to a carved end of the stick. That end is carved into a stepped design. Most of the wood is dyed black. Wood at the upper end, below the stepped design, has a deep notch carved out. |
| Length | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of F. Webb Hodge, 1897 |
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