Fetish figure
Object Details
- Collection History
- Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1965; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- 1965
- Catalog Number
- 25/6642
- Barcode
- 256642.000
- Culture/People
- A:shiwi (Zuni)
- Artist/Maker
- Granddaughter of Kemp Kusion (Kushion), A:shiwi (Zuni)
- Previous owner
- Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
- IACB source
- DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Fetish figure
- Media/Materials
- Deer antler, turquoise, shell/shells, sinew, fur
- Techniques
- Carved, glued
- Dimensions
- 19.2 x 5.3 x 13.4 cm
- Place
- Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA
- See related items
- A:shiwi (Zuni)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_272525
