Prayer stick/Prayer wand (Image withheld)

National Museum of the American Indian

Object Details

Culture/People
Diné (Navajo)
Collector
Dr. Washington Matthews, Non-Indian, 1843-1905
Collection History
Collected by Dr. Washington Matthews (1843-1905, a US Army surgeon and ethnographer), probably between 1880 and 1894 when he was stationed at Fort Wingate, New Mexico; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1917.
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Catalog Number
6/8647
Barcode
068647.000
Object Type
Ceremonial/Ritual items
Object Name
Prayer stick/Prayer wand (Image withheld)
Media/Materials
Wood
Techniques
Painted
Place
Arizona, New Mexico; USA
See related items
Diné (Navajo)
Ceremonial/Ritual items
National Museum of the American Indian
Record ID
NMAI_74192
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws654356489-f554-4a39-a8bb-ab4582ac5e65
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