Bowl

Museum number:
2-67035a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210267035a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3958
Description:
(a) Wide mouth clay jar with outside surface covered with Kingman Mine turquoise granules; round hole in side; 4 serpentine bear fetishes, each with shell arrow, ground turquoise, clamshell and turquoise beads, feather and leather thong attached to exterior. (b) Bear fetish, serpentine with shell arrow and shell/turquoise beads. (c) Bear fetish, carved jet. Sacred cornmeal from Shalako ceremony, December 1983.
Donor:
Joseph Parent and Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology Gift Shop [DO NOT USE]
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
New Mexico; Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Maker or artist:
Marnelita Phillips [Zuni]
Collector:
Joseph Parent
Collection date:
August 1984
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels), Carvings (visual works), and Fetishes
Context of use:
Fetish bowl.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 15.1 centimeters, (b)— length 5.5 centimeters, and (c)— length 2.4 centimeters
Comment:
Cost $48.00.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-67035a-c, described as (a) Wide mouth clay jar with outside surface covered with Kingman Mine turquoise granules; round hole in side; 4 serpentine bear fetishes, each with shell arrow, ground turquoise, clamshell and turquoise beads, feather and leather thong attached to exterior. (b) Bear fetish, serpentine with shell arrow and shell/turquoise beads. (c) Bear fetish, carved jet. Sacred cornmeal from Shalako ceremony, December 1983.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-67035a-c, described as (a) Wide mouth clay jar with outside surface covered with Kingman Mine turquoise granules; round hole in side; 4 serpentine bear fetishes, each with shell arrow, ground turquoise, clamshell and turquoise beads, feather and leather thong attached to exterior. (b) Bear fetish, serpentine with shell arrow and shell/turquoise beads. (c) Bear fetish, carved jet. Sacred cornmeal from Shalako ceremony, December 1983.

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