Fetish

Museum number:
2-9448
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1938 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.382
Description:
White stone; dog-like figure; green inlaid turquoise eyes, white string with 4 coral beads, 3 white shell beads and one black jet bead wound around middle of animal.
Donor:
Blanche Trask
Collection place:
New Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Blanche Trask
Collection date:
before 1910
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Fetishes
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1910
Context of use:
Fetish of the Zuni.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.7 centimeters and height 1 centimeters
Loans:
S1984-1985 #31: Heffernan Films (February 15, 1985–February 15, 1985)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fetish, accession number 2-9448, described as White stone; dog-like figure; green inlaid turquoise eyes, white string with 4 coral beads, 3 white shell beads and one black jet bead wound around middle of animal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fetish, accession number 2-9448, described as White stone; dog-like figure; green inlaid turquoise eyes, white string with 4 coral beads, 3 white shell beads and one black jet bead wound around middle of animal.

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