paho

American  

[pah-hoh, -hoo, pah-hoh, -hoo] / ˈpɑ hoʊ, -hu, pɑˈhoʊ, -ˈhu /

noun

plural

pahos

1. a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.

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Etymology

Origin of paho

1880–85, < Hopi pá·ho

Example Sentences

So they prepared an altar, every man making a paho, and these were set in the ground so as to encircle a sand hillock, for this occurred before houses were known.

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

Figure t differs from the ordinary flute paho in having five constrictions in the upper part, and in being continued into a very long shank.

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

There are two deep grooves, or ferules, cut midway of their length, a distinctive characteristic of the modern flute paho.

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

On this theory the query naturally is, what does a paho represent?

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter

Plate clxxiv, a, represents a double stick paho, which closely resembles the prayer offering of the modern Flute society.

From Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 by Fewkes, Jesse Walter