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Zuni Pueblo Miniature Turquoise Bear Fetish Pendant - C3773P
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Sat, Jul 2nd 2016, 1:37pm
This beautiful green turquoise miniature bear fetish has been wrapped in wire to facilitate use as a pendant. The formation of such a small fetish is amazing. The carving was executed with great care.
The fetish has been stored for years in a small container with yellow corn pollen. That is a traditional manner in which they are stored and ceremonially fed by Zuni persons. Corn Pollen and Cornmeal can be a blessing for protection, understanding and forgiveness. White corn is thought, by the Navajo, to be male, yellow corn is female and could have a similar meaning for the Pueblo people, but that has not been confirmed by us.