Object Details
- 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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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Cora
- Collector
- Donald B. Cordry (Donald Bush Cordry), Non-Indian, 1907-1978
- Object Name
- Prayer stick/Prayer wand
- Media/Materials
- Reed, feather/feathers, cotton (unspun)
- Techniques
- Wrapped, tied
- Object Type
- Ceremonial/Ritual items
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