Fetish

Museum number:
2-65785
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3658
Description:
Serpentine buffalo (bison); fetish bundle on back of olivella beads and turquoise with encircling sinew band; inset horn horns; separately carved ears; turquoise eyes; coral nostrils.
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:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Fetishes
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Commercial fetish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 7.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fetish, accession number 2-65785, described as Serpentine buffalo (bison); fetish bundle on back of olivella beads and turquoise with encircling sinew band; inset horn horns; separately carved ears; turquoise eyes; coral nostrils.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fetish, accession number 2-65785, described as Serpentine buffalo (bison); fetish bundle on back of olivella beads and turquoise with encircling sinew band; inset horn horns; separately carved ears; turquoise eyes; coral nostrils.

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