Native American Zuni Jet Raven Fetish Necklace & Earrings By Mike Tuscon
$ 313.64
Description
NATIVE AMERICAN ZUNI JET RAVEN FETISH NECKLACE & EARRINGS BY MIKE TUSCON. ZUNI JET RAVEN FETISH NECKLACE & EARRINGS BY MIKE TUSCON. Continuing to make jewelry, fetishes, and pottery, most of the people of Zuni are artists. Zuni jewelry makers are known for lapidary skills including inlay, needlepoint, and petit point work. NATIVE AMERICAN ZUNI JET RAVEN FETISH NECKLACE & EARRINGS BY MIKE TUSCON The raven represents magic, transformation, and a a change in consciousness. He also is the messenger of mystery, and he helps guide us through the darkest of times. Zuni artist Mike Tucson hand carved this marvelous raven fetish necklace. Made out of Jet, Shell, and Turquoise. Comes with matching earrings. The necklace weighs 36 grams and the earrings weigh 6 grams. Signed. 29 1/4” long x 7/8″ wide-necklace 1 1/2” long x 1 5/16″ wide-earrings With ear wires are 2 1/4” in length Artist card included Zuni Pueblo is the largest pueblo in New Mexico, and because of its location, Zuni is the most traditional. Continuing to make jewelry, fetishes, and pottery, most of the people of Zuni are artists. Zuni jewelry makers are known for lapidary skills including inlay, needlepoint, and petit point work. Zuni fetishes are carvings made from various materials by the Zuni people. Traditionally, fetishes served a ceremonial purpose for their creators and they represented animals and figures that were part of their culture. Today, as a form of Native American Art, they are sold to collectors worldwide. With a myriad of materials like turquoise, shell, jet, marble, serpentine, and much more, Zuni fetish carvers are able to create carvings in a style of their own. Native American Jewelry
