Fetish Jar

CultureZuni
Titles
  • Fetish Jar
Date1900–1945
PlaceZuñi Pueblo, New Mexico, United States
MediumEarthenware with slip, bone, antler, leather, feathers, turquoise, and shell
Dimensions10 1/2 × 14 1/2 (diameter) in.

Credit LineGift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object number44.164
Non exposé

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Provenance[Kirk Brothers, Gallup, NM]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg (1882–1975), Houston, 1943–1944; given to MFAH, 1944.
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