Introduction to Zuni Fetishism [SOLD]


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Ruth Falkenburg Kirk
  • Subject: Zuni Fetishes/Culture
  • Item # C4389E
  • Date Published: Softcover, first separate edition, 1943
  • Size: 65 pages, illustrated.
  • SOLD

Introduction to Zuni Fetishism by Ruth F. Kirk

Papers of the School of American Research  

Published by Archaeological Institute of America, Santa Fe

Softcover, first separate edition, 65 pages, illustrated, 1943.

Text first appeared as five separate articles in El Palacio

This copy inscribed: To Hilda and Harold Street, the best fetish lovers I know, Ruth Kirk.  (The Streets were from Taos and operated a hotel on the plaza.  They moved to Santa Fe in the 1960s and Hilda operated a business called The Streets of Taos at 200 Canyon Road selling Native American arts and crafts.)  


Synopsis

The worship of fetishes represents one phase of the religious observance of the Zuni tribe of Pueblo Indians.

The literature on the special talismans of the Zuni Indians has never been extensive. The lack of information on these articles has plagued the student and the collector with a continuing ignorance. This work studies twenty-five different pieces which were collected by the Laboratory of Anthropology and thoroughly documented. Classified into ten categories from hunting fetishes—the most common both today and in the past—to witchcraft and punishment fetishes, the study of these fetishes brings an expanded understanding to the examination of this aspect of Zuni religion and ceremonialism.

The author describes the homes of the fetishes, those pottery jars where the fetishes feed and reside. These most sacred vessels are described using interview notes from anonymous members of the pueblo whose narratives provide significant insight into the lives and minds of the Zuni people.

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Ruth Falkenburg Kirk
  • Subject: Zuni Fetishes/Culture
  • Item # C4389E
  • Date Published: Softcover, first separate edition, 1943
  • Size: 65 pages, illustrated.
  • SOLD

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