Fetish Necklace

Fetish Necklace

Zuni fetish necklace. Olive shell heishe (brown wnite) with bird fetishes. Pearl white and pinkish fetishes are of abalone, green fetishes are possibly serpentine and black fettishes are of abalone, green fetishes are possibly serpentine and black fettishes are possibly Jet. There are five fettishes that are not birds but are either coyotes wolves or foxes, they are all in abalone. There are two strands one is 12" long and other is 12-1/2" long. Has silver cones on ends of necklace holding on silver hook and eye clasp: cotton string holds this necklace together
  • Object: Fetish Necklace
  • Artist: Quam
  • Circa: mid 1900s
  • Dimensions: 12-1/2" Long
  • Culture Area: Southwest
  • Cultural Group: Zuni
  • Cultural Context: Made for sale
  • Donor: Dolores Thomasson
  • Catalog #: 98.043