Fetish

NA11808

From: Mexico (Central America) | Jalisco | Asquetlan

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Cidutkam
Object Number NA11808
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tepecano
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Jalisco | Asquetlan
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Stone
Description

Crawling child. Archaeological carving used as a fetish (cidutkam) "Star of the West" or "Star of the Huicholes". Very naturalistic, of dark stone.

Credit Line Gift of the International School of Mexican Archaeology Expedition, 1912

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