Stick, Prayer
- Object Name:
- Stick, Prayer
- Object ID:
- 1985.080.01
- Creator:
- Thayer, Alvin D. (1886-1983)
Craftsperson - Place of Origin:
- Lyme, NH
- Date:
- 1903
- Description:
- Stick, prayer or anniversary. Piece of pine sapling with large knot tied in one end. Notches cut along length to record years since founding of Camp Pinnacle, Lyme, NH, from 1916 to 1963. Known as the "Log Stick". (Also Prayer Stick or Anniversary Stick.) Used to record anniversaries of the camp. According to handwritten history, originally attached to stick, the knot was tied in the pine sapling in 1898 by Quenhoten (Alvin D. Thayer) in Orange, Mass. The tree was then cut down in 1903 by Thayer, and the stick was saved until 191 6, when Thayer decided to use it to record anniversaries of the new camp. The history includes a poem written by Thayer ("To the Log Stick")
- Material:
- Wood
Pine - Dimensions:
- L-24 Dia-1.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Thayer retired in 1945 and was succeeded by Jerald B. Newton, who had been a counselor since 1931.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jerald B. Newton
- Subjects:
- Anniversaries, Summer camps, Recreation, Recreation facilities
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