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Object Number
985-27-10/59054.1
Display Title
Buckskin bag w/ 7 stone fetishes. Bag has narrow opening, orange pigment
Descriptions
Object Description
Leather bag filled w/ fetishes and bundles. 14 pieces (fetishes) are stone of various types. One looks like a person. Most of them are smooth. 19 pieces of shell of different types. 1 leather bundle and 2 cloth bundles (contents unknown, probably plants material). 30x15 cm.
Inventory Description
Bag, leather, long and thin, stitched with rawhide and cotton thread
Classification
- Bag
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- San Ildefonso
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
New Mexico
/
Santa Fe County
/
San Ildefonso Pueblo
/
San Ildefonso Pueblo; Kiva
Materials
Leather, Cloth, Shell, Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 11 x 4.2 cm (28 3/4 x 4 5/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/59054.1 & 24497
Provenance
Collector
Andrew Dasburg
(1925)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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