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Shell fetish representing frog, shell ornament, and small shell
Shell fetish representing frog, shell ornament, and small shell
Object Number 2004.24.17539
Display Title Shell fetish representing frog, shell ornament, and small shell
Descriptions
Object Description Shell ring, carved and inlaod with turquoise and red pigment (unique). Arizona: Lower Salado, los Guanacos. 3.5 x 5. Taken by: F.P. Orchard. July 1944. Hemenway No. 3729. See: Frontispiece in 'The Excavation of the Los Muertos and Neighboring ruins in the Salt River Valley, S. Arizona," by Emil W. Haury, P.M. Papers, XXIV, 1.
Keywords
  • Floral
  • Archaeological
  • Organic Remains
Subject
  • Frog
  • Ornament
  • Zoomorphic
  • Artifact
  • Shell
  • Fetish
Department Photographic
Date 07/01/1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Southwest
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / Grant County
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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