Fetish

Museum number:
2-65008
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3658
Description:
Bear; made of red pipestone. Face is broken off. Fetish bundle attached around belly with string: one mother-of-pearl arrowhead, one coral bead, one turquoise bead, and 3 beads of unknown material.
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:
Rignie Boone
Collector:
Leo Brereton
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
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 centimeters
Comment:
Cost: $15.00
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fetish, accession number 2-65008, described as Bear; made of red pipestone. Face is broken off. Fetish bundle attached around belly with string: one mother-of-pearl arrowhead, one coral bead, one turquoise bead, and 3 beads of unknown material.

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