Native Name | Wei-Ma |
Object Number | 22637 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Pueblo | Zuni |
Provenience | New Mexico |
Culture Area | Southwest Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Stone | Fiber | Turquoise |
Iconography | Animal |
Description | Animal fetish with a long, low, and rectangular body with four short legs. The head is small and angular with two rounded ears. An auriculate, white, stone point is attached to the back using a plant fiber cord wrapped around the body. A large, green and white, stone disc is also wrapped around the body. Carved from a white stone with black flecks. |
Height | 1.8 cm |
Length | 4.5 cm |
Width | 1.7 cm |
Credit Line | Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902 |
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