Fetish

Museum number:
2-65010
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3658
Description:
Buffalo; made of carved red pipestone with inlaid turquoise eyes, turquoise triangle attached to back with string. Has horn; one is broken off and missing.
Donor:
Leo Brereton and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Maker or artist:
Leonard Halate
Collector:
Leo Brereton
Collection date:
before 1981
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Fetishes
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Fetish made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
Cost: $14.00
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fetish, accession number 2-65010, described as Buffalo; made of carved red pipestone with inlaid turquoise eyes, turquoise triangle attached to back with string. Has horn; one is broken off and missing.

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