Fetish

22646

From: New Mexico

Curatorial Section: American

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Native Name Wei-Ma
Object Number 22646
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

Mountain Lion (long tail) fetish, long body with long tail curved along the back, round face, short legs. Buff clay with red pigment, two pendants of turquoise strapped to the back of the fetish with twine and shell beads. Represents the direction North, swept or barren place, Yellow Mountain.

Height 2.1 cm
Length 4.3 cm
Width 1.8 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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