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Fetish bird, lava concretion with spondylus shell bead eyes and coral tongue or beak
Fetish bird, lava concretion with spondylus shell bead eyes and coral tongue or beak
Object Number 2011.12.227
Display Title Fetish bird, lava concretion with spondylus shell bead eyes and coral tongue or beak
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fetish, bird, lava concretion, spondylus shell bead eyes, coral beak
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / McKinley County / Zuni
Materials Vesicular basalt? Spondylus Coral
Dimensions Other: 10.6 x 7 x 7.9 cm (4 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.12.227
Credit Line Gift of The Ward Family
Provenance
Collector Oscar Branson
Collector Irma Bailey (-2003)
Owner Jeffrey Ward (2003-2011)
Donor Donated by Jeffrey Ward

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