Fetish

22632

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Wei-Ma
Object Number 22632
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Stone | Sinew | Shell
Iconography Animal
Description

Animal fetish with an irregularly shaped body that is pointed in the back and grooved at the neck. The head has two inset eyes and a vertical cleft in the forehead. A string of discoidal, shell beads is attached to the back using a plant fiber cord wrapped around the body. Carved from a gray and red stone.

Height 1.8 cm
Length 4.3 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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