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Fetish Necklace
Fetish Necklace
Fetish Necklace

Fetish Necklace

Artist (Zuni)
Date1985
Mediumfossilized ivory, shell silver
Dimensions13 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 5/8 in. (33.7 × 10.8 × 1.6 cm)
ClassificationsJewelry & Adornment
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Drs. Bette K. and John R. Graham. Given in memory of Dr. Bette Kaufman Graham
Object numberPC2008.21.1
DescriptionA silver and shell heishe fetish necklace made of fossilized ivory animals including a swan or goose, hummingbirds, fish, and frogs. Lena Boone won the white ribbon for third place in the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) Sixty Fourth Annual Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico for this in 1995.
On View
Not on view
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