Fetish Pot
Artist
Edna Leki
(1924 Zuni, New Mexico - 2003 Zuni, New Mexico)
Date1979
Mediumceramic, turquoise, serpentine, pipestone, deer antlers, feathers, rawhide, and cornmeal
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (21.3 x 29.9 x 30.2 cm)
ClassificationsCeramic
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, National Endowment for the Arts Purchase Grant
Terms
Object numberPC1979.87.1.A-E
DescriptionFetishes attached to the turquoise-encrusted jar with rawhide. Ceramic, turquoise, serpentine, pipestone, deer antlers, feathers, rawhide, cornmeal.These are sometimes called ceremonial feeding jars, but are not ceremonial.
On View
On viewCollections
2001