Prayer stick/Prayer wand
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Cora
- Collector
- Donald B. Cordry (Donald Bush Cordry), Non-Indian, 1907-1978
- Collection History
- Collected in 1937 by Donald B. Cordry (1907-1978, a collector and amateur ethnologist) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Catalog Number
- 19/5665
- Barcode
- 195665.000
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- Object Name
- Prayer stick/Prayer wand
- Media/Materials
- Reed, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Wrapped, tied
- Place
- Near Jesús María; Cave; Jesús María; Tepic Municipality; Nayarit State; Mexico
- See related items
- Cora
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_209142
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws667b4650e-05a3-4f1f-a57b-3a3697f1967f
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