Fetish

38960

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 38960
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Pueblo | Zuni
Provenience New Mexico
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Stone | Sinew | Obsidian | Turquoise
Iconography Animal
Description

Animal fetish with a broad, rectangular body, four short legs, and a short, pointed tail. A triangular, obsidian point is attached to the back using sinew coiled around the body multiple times. A discoidal turquoise bead is also attached with sinew. The head has pointed ears and forward-facing eyes made from inlaid turquoise. Carved from a dark brown stone with white flecks.

Height 3.5 cm
Length 6 cm
Width 1.9 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

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