Fetish

22643

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Wei-Ma
Object Number 22643
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Clay | Sinew | Shell | Turquoise
Iconography Animal
Description

White Wolf (hang tail) fetish, gray ware with white pigment. Round face with deep set eyes, long body with short legs and slight tail. Pendant made of Turquoise strapped to the back of the fetish with twine and shell beads. Represents the direction East, home of the day, White Mountains.

Height 2.4 cm
Length 4.5 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902
Other Number S/P/6 - Field No SF

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