Culture/People:

Diné (Navajo)  Search this

Previous owner:

Edward H. Ledwidge, Non-Indian, 1870-1934  Search this

Seller:

Edward H. Ledwidge, Non-Indian, 1870-1934  Search this

Object Name:

Fetish figure (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Stone, cordage

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place:

New Mexico; USA

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Edward Ledwidge (1870-1934, an El Paso, Texas, tax collector and prominent collector and dealer of Casas Grandes pottery); lent to MAI by Edward Ledwidge in 1924; purchased by MAI from Edward Ledwidge in 1925.

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Catalog Number:

12/8948

Barcode:

128948.000

See related items:

Diné (Navajo)

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c732bd9f-14f5-4580-b711-8928a741e11d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_138660