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Fetish

Fetish, late 19th century

  • Zuni, Native American

Bone, shell, sinew, feathers, turquoise, and hair

  • Overall: 4 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 13/16 inches (11.4 × 3.2 × 2.1 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Clarence E. Wilcox Fund

61.241.C

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

(J.O. Keeley, Gallup, New Mexico, USA)

1961-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Zuni, Native American, Fetish, late 19th century, bone, shell, sinew, feathers, turquoise, and hair. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Clarence E. Wilcox Fund, 61.241.C.

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