Fossil fetish

Museum number:
2-10521a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
2 fossil clam or mussel shells found by a Zuni in No. 10520. He regarded these as fetishes and the bowl as their teshkwi or altar.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
west of Hawikuh Ruins, Cibola County, New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fetishes and Fossils
Accession date:
1919
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Fossil fetish, accession number 2-10521a,b, described as 2 fossil clam or mussel shells found by a Zuni in No. 10520. He regarded these as fetishes and the bowl as their teshkwi or altar.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Fossil fetish, accession number 2-10521a,b, described as 2 fossil clam or mussel shells found by a Zuni in No. 10520. He regarded these as fetishes and the bowl as their teshkwi or altar.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fossil fetish, accession number 2-10521a,b, described as 2 fossil clam or mussel shells found by a Zuni in No. 10520. He regarded these as fetishes and the bowl as their teshkwi or altar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fossil fetish, accession number 2-10521a,b, described as 2 fossil clam or mussel shells found by a Zuni in No. 10520. He regarded these as fetishes and the bowl as their teshkwi or altar.

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