Introduction to Zuni Fetishism (Pamphlet)

Description

Author: Kirk, Ruth F.

Publisher: Archaeological Institute of America

Pub Date: 1942

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair to Good.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  One small smudge at lower front cover corner.  Very light edge and corner wear.

Notes: Pamphlet.  Papers of the School of American Research.  “Fetishes vary in size.  A few unimportant one are only three or four inches long, but those with considerable significance are much larger, often as much as ten or twelve inches in length.  No two are alike, but they share general characteristics.  Most of them have anthropomorphic or zoömorphic facial features carved on one end; and most of them are tied about the middle with leather thongs, decorated with turquoise, shell beads, feathers, and other objects.”  (pp. 23-24)