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Antelope Altar, Walpi. The alter in the Antelope Kiva is a mosaic of sand, ceremonially made, in brown, red, white, yellow, green and black. The zigzag lines typifying lightening which brings rain. Around it stand clan emblems, fetishes, priests' jugs and bahos, or paryer-sticks made of two sticks tied together with a bundle of feathers; also bowls of sacred cornmeal and rattles.
Subject
- Non-European Medicine
- Indigenous Medicine and Culture
- Rites
Subject
- Non-European Medicine
- Indigenous Medicine and Culture
- Rites
Providing institution
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Source
- M0005269
Identifier
- M0005269
- prfr89hb
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:27:48.465Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:27:48.465Z