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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