Prayer Stick
Datec. 1825
Object PlaceIllinois, United States, North America
MediumEngraved wood
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Dimensions12 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches (32.4 x 6.4 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase
Object number81.403
DescriptionPrayer stick made of maple wth an "I" shaped contour. A house, three trees and a variety of symbols are engaved on one surface. A small knob is at one end.On View
Not on viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (1995 Broadway), Department Storage, Americas
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
M. G. Chandler
1700-1795
c. 1860
c. 1825
c. 1850
c. 1870
c. 1800
1750/1800
c. 1855