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Zuni (USA, New Mexico, Zuni Pueblo)

Fetish in the form of a stylized bear or coyote

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Object Details

Culture

Zuni (USA, New Mexico, Zuni Pueblo)

Date

ca. 1800-1880

Medium

Carved “spondylus” shell

Dimensions

5/8 × 1 1/2 × 1/4 inches (1.6 × 3.8 × 0.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Professor and Mrs. M. H. Abrams

Object
Number

2006.104.003

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