Zuñi Fetiches

Description

Author: Cushing, Frank Hamilton  (1857-1900)

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Pub Date: 1883

Binding: Hardcover

Condition:  Fair.  No marks, tears, bends, folds.  This report came from the Second Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology of 1883.  The original BAE volume was falling apart and I excised this report and had it rebound in hardcover.  Some bubbling to front and rear boards.

Notes:  The original 1883 publication of what we now call “Zuni Fetishes.”  “The difference between a fetish and a carving is purely a matter of belief.  If a particular object is believed to possess power then it is a fetish.  The collector is interested in form, material and age of a fetish, the Indian is interested in its efficacy.  These attitudes are culturally determined and not easily reconciled.”  (From the Introduction)  There’s a pamphlet reprint of this title  (see  https://joethebookguy.com/shop/indian/zuni-fetishes/ ) and an extraordinarily comprehensive 2 volume set  (see https://joethebookguy.com/shop/indian/releasing-the-spirit-the-art-of-zuni-fetish-carving-2-volume-set/ ) also available.