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Fetish, standing male figure with chongo and carved necklace
Fetish, standing male figure with chongo and carved necklace
Object Number 2011.12.178
Display Title Fetish, standing male figure with chongo and carved necklace
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fetish, standing male figure, flat base, turquoise, hands together, incised necklace
Department Ethnographic
Date 1967 or earlier
Artist Teddy Weahkee
Culture
  • Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / McKinley County / Zuni
Materials Turquoise
Dimensions Other: 6.4 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm (2 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.12.178
Credit Line Gift of The Ward Family
Provenance
Collector Tobe Turpen Sr. (-1967)
Collector Irma Bailey (1967 -2003)
Owner Jeffrey Ward (2003-2011)
Donor Donated by Jeffrey Ward

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