Fetish

22630

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Wei-Ma
Object Number 22630
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Clay | Sinew | Shell | Pigment
Iconography Animal
Description

White Wolf (hang tail) fetish, gray ware with white pigment. Round face with deep set eyes, stocky body with short legs and slight tail. Red point strapped to body with twine and shell beads. Represents the direction East, home of the day, White Mountain.

Height 2.9 cm
Length 4.4 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Credit Line Southwest Expedition; R. Stewart Culin; subscription of Robert C. H. Brock, 1902

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