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Fetish pot, encrusted with crushed turquoise, with 8 quadruped fetishes attached with leather ties through holes made in the pot for this purpose
Fetish pot, encrusted with crushed turquoise, with 8 quadruped fetishes attached with leather ties through holes made in the pot for this purpose
Object Number 2012.18.1
Display Title Fetish pot, encrusted with crushed turquoise, with 8 quadruped fetishes attached with leather ties through holes made in the pot for this purpose
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pot, encrusted with crushed turquoise, eight fetishes attached with leather ties
Classification
  • Pot
Department Ethnographic
Date 1998 or earlier
Artist Louise Singer (-1998)
Culture
  • Zuñi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / New Mexico / McKinley County / Zuni
Materials Ceramic Turquoise Stone Antler? Bone? Leather Shell Coral Feather
Dimensions Overall: 17 × 24 × 25 cm (6 11/16 × 9 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2012.18.1
Credit Line Gift of The Ward Family
Provenance
Owner Jeffrey Ward (1998-2012)
Donor Donated by Jeffrey Ward (10/2/2012)

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