Native Name | Wei-Ma |
Object Number | 22636 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pueblo | Zuni |
Provenience | New Mexico |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Stone (uncertain) | Shell (uncertain) | Sinew | Turquoise |
Iconography | Ferret |
Description | Animal fetish, possibly a ferret, with a long, rectangular body, short legs, and a pointed tail. The head has two short, rounded ears, a triangular face with an open mouth, and inset eyes and nostrils. Turquoise beads are attached to the back using sinew wrapped around the body. Carved from white material. |
Height | 1.7 cm |
Length | 6.4 cm |
Width | 1 cm |
Credit Line | Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902 |
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