Prayer stick/Prayer wand (Image withheld)
name: label: Culture/People
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: Previous owner
content: John Louw Nelson (John L. Nelson), Non-Indian, 1895-1963
label: Previous owner
content: Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago Natural History Museum), 1893-
label: Collector
content: Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth/H. R. Voth), Non-Indian, 1855-1931
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by Henry R. Voth (Heinrich Richert Voth, 1855-1931, a Mennonite missionary and ethnographer) for the Field Museum of Natural History in 1898; acquired from the Field Museum at an unknown date by John Louw Nelson (1895-1963, a musical performer and amateur ethnologist); acquired by MAI in 1934 through an exchange with John Louw Nelson.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Orayvi (Oraibi), Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation; Navajo County; Arizona; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Hopi Pueblo
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 18/6039
label: Barcode
content: 186039.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Prayer stick/Prayer wand (Image withheld)
label: Media/Materials
content: Cottonwood, cotton yarn, vegetal fiber, paint
label: Techniques
content: Carved, painted