Native Name | Wei-Ma |
Object Number | 22639 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pueblo | Zuni |
Provenience | New Mexico |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Stone | Sinew |
Iconography | Bird |
Description | Bird fetish with a wide, diamond shaped body and two flippers carved into the back. The head is rounded with inset eyes. The tail has incised marks along the edge. A white, stone point with a broken tip is attached to the back using a wrapped coated with a black substance. Carved from a white stone. |
Height | 2 cm |
Length | 5.7 cm |
Width | 2.5 cm |
Credit Line | Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902 |
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