Avanyu (water serpent) figure
date: label: Date created
content: 1968
name: label: Culture/People
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Artist/Maker
content: Francis Tsethlikai, A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Previous owner
content: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
label: IACB source
content: Zuni Craftsman Co-op
notes: label: Collection History
content: Purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Zuni Craftsman Co-op (Zuni, New Mexico) in 1968; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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place: label: Place
content: Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation; McKinley County; New Mexico; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: See related items
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
label: On View
content: NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/6651
label: Barcode
content: 256651.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture/Carving/Figures
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Avanyu (water serpent) figure
label: Media/Materials
content: Deer antler, shell/shells, coral, turquoise
label: Techniques
content: Carved, inlaid
label: Dimensions
content: 16.8 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm