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- NATIVE AMERICAN MIMBRES POTTERY VESSEL
NATIVE AMERICAN MIMBRES POTTERY VESSEL W/ KOKOPELLINative American, Southwestern United States, New Mexico, Mimbres / Mogollon, ca. 950 to 1150 CE. This is a beautiful hand-built pottery vessel with a painted exterior with zoomorphic forms and figures. The vessel rests on a flat base, the thick a carinated body has a broad shoulder and strap handle to one side- the other absent. A neck and slightly rolled rim. The ashen white slipped surface is painted with stippled dots around 2 spiny horned lizards (horny toads), a reptilian creature, and a humpbacked human figure that is playing pipes. This last figure likely represents the supernatural being Kokopelli, an ancient Native American symbol evocative of fertility and the safe birth of human, animal, and plant life. Horned lizards represent longevity and wisdom and were sacred in many southwestern cultures and are represented today in Zuni fetish carving and art. This beautiful vessel is in great condition with lovely dark smoke marks throughout. Size: 8" Diameter x 7" H (20.3 cm x 17.8 cm)
Provenance: private Hidden Valley Lake, California, USA collection, purchased on November 7, 2021; ex-private estate collection, New York City, New York, USA
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#170458
Condition:
Missing handle on one side, otherwise body and rim are intact. Surface wear with fading and losses to painted motifs, but all are discernable enough to recognize. Chips nicks and abrasions throughout. Mineral deposits on interior.
- A GROUP OF ZUNI TURQUOISE FETISH POTS
A GROUP OF ZUNI TURQUOISE FETISH POTS BY MARVELITA PHILLIPSA group of Zuni turquoise fetish pots by Marvelita Phillips, Late 20th/21st Century, New Mexico A group of seven small pots, each covered with blue or green turquoise chips, each with carved stone fetish and feather accents, six containing white cornmeal and five containing a miniature carved stone fetish animal, 7 pieces Largest: 2.375" H x 2.5" Dia. Notes: Artists and materials identified from collector's notes. The white cornmeal is thought to provide nourishment to the fetish spirit within the pot. The fetish pot provides shelter and the bear fetish carvings to the exterior further protect the fetish spirit. Dimensions: Largest: 2.375" H x 2.5" Dia.
- A GROUP OF ZUNI CARVED FETISH ANIMALSA
A GROUP OF ZUNI CARVED FETISH ANIMALSA group of Zuni carved fetish animals, 20th Century Three unsigned A small group of seven carved stone and shell fetish animals and figures including two Daniel Chattin embellished whole shell figural fetish carvings, each with incised designs, inlaid stones and shell accents (one signed: DC); two carved fetish bears with attached feathers, beads and quills (Each signed: DT); two carved black bison with turquoise inset eyes, and a carved stone perching eagle with attached beads, 7 pieces Large shell: 4.75" H x 3" W Dimensions: Large shell: 4.75" H x 3" W
- NATIVE AMERICAN FETISH CARVING GROUP,
NATIVE AMERICAN FETISH CARVING GROUP, ZUNI HEIGHT OF LARGEST: 3 1/2 IN. (8.9 CM.)NATIVE AMERICAN FETISH CARVING GROUP, ZUNI, various animals carved in an assortment of materials, including wood and turquoise (15) Dimensions: Height of largest: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.)
- Leekya Deyuse Zuni Fetish Necklace and
Leekya Deyuse Zuni Fetish Necklace and Earrings Collected by Virginia Doneghy (1900-1981) lot of 3 birds carved from abalone shell in a variety of oranges; strung with heishi and silver beads on string with silver hook. Leekya (1889-1966) is famous for his fetish carvings; Shaff 2003 American Indian Jewelry presents a biography length 23.5 in.; screw-back earrings length 1.5 in.ca middle 20th centuryMuseum records state that Doneghy purchased set in 1965 from the House of Six Directions-Huldermann in Scottsdale AZ. Property of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Ex Virginia Doneghy (1900-1981) Collection Condition: One bird tail is chipped difficult to notice. Otherwise fine with wear.
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