Fetish figure (Image withheld)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Dr. Washington Matthews (1843-1905, a US Army surgeon and ethnographer), probably between 1880 and 1894 when he was stationed at Fort Wingate, New Mexico; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 5/1539
- Barcode
- 051539.000
- Culture/People
- Diné (Navajo)
- Collector
- Dr. Washington Matthews, Non-Indian, 1843-1905
- Previous owner
- Dr. Washington Matthews, Non-Indian, 1843-1905
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Fetish figure (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Stone, glass bead/beads
- Techniques
- Carved, bead-wrapped
- Place
- New Mexico; USA
- See related items
- Diné (Navajo)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_55593
