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Hunting fetish bear, stone; girth of ten turquoise beads, three coral beads and 20 shell beads with obsidian arrow point
Hunting fetish bear, stone; girth of ten turquoise beads, three coral beads and 20 shell beads with obsidian arrow point
Object Number 2011.12.206
Display Title Hunting fetish bear, stone; girth of ten turquoise beads, three coral beads and 20 shell beads with obsidian arrow point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fetish, hunting bear, stone, girth of ten turquoise beads, three coral beads, twenty shell beads, obsidian arrow point
Department Ethnographic
Date 1965 or earlier
Artist Leekya Deyuse (c. 1960's)
Culture
  • Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / McKinley County / Zuni
Materials Sandstone Obsidian Turquoise Coral Shell Sinew
Dimensions Other: 7.5 x 5.7 x 11.5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.12.206
Credit Line Gift of The Ward Family
Provenance
Collector Leekya Deyuse (c. 1960's-1965)
Collector Irma Bailey (1965-2003)
Owner Jeffrey Ward (2003-2011)
Donor Donated by Jeffrey Ward

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