Object name: Fetish / Object type: ethnography / Culture or time period: African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Fetish

Museum number:: 5-15589
Culture or time period:: Western African cultures
Object class:: Fetishes
Function:: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:: Western Africa

2. Fetish

Museum number:: 5-1551
Culture or time period:: Suku
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Fetishes
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

3. Fetish

Museum number:: 5-15587
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Fetishes
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:: Nigeria

4. Fetish

Museum number:: 5-1680
Culture or time period:: Chokwe
Object class:: Carvings (visual works) and Fetishes
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collection place:: Central Africa

5. Fetish

Museum number:: 5-15595
Culture or time period:: Fon
Object class:: Fetishes
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Collector:: Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:: Republic of Benin
Collection date:: unknown