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Frog fetish.jpg Our stages were now hung with slices of drying meatThumbnailsStrikes-Many Woman parched ripe sweet corn, pounded it in a mortar with roast buffalo fats, and kneaded the meal into little ballsOur stages were now hung with slices of drying meatThumbnailsStrikes-Many Woman parched ripe sweet corn, pounded it in a mortar with roast buffalo fats, and kneaded the meal into little ballsOur stages were now hung with slices of drying meatThumbnailsStrikes-Many Woman parched ripe sweet corn, pounded it in a mortar with roast buffalo fats, and kneaded the meal into little ballsOur stages were now hung with slices of drying meatThumbnailsStrikes-Many Woman parched ripe sweet corn, pounded it in a mortar with roast buffalo fats, and kneaded the meal into little ballsOur stages were now hung with slices of drying meatThumbnailsStrikes-Many Woman parched ripe sweet corn, pounded it in a mortar with roast buffalo fats, and kneaded the meal into little ballsOur stages were now hung with slices of drying meatThumbnailsStrikes-Many Woman parched ripe sweet corn, pounded it in a mortar with roast buffalo fats, and kneaded the meal into little balls

Frog fetish. Black Mountain Ruin. (Swope collection.) Length 3½″.

These idols represent frogs, bears, mountain lions, and other quadrupeds, and have much the same form as those from ancient ruins in Arizona. On the backs of several of these stone idols are incised figures, like arrowheads tied to Zuñi fetishes, or possibly rain-cloud figures.