The Fetish Carvers of Zuni
Language: English
Published by Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 1995
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- Title
- The Fetish Carvers of Zuni
- Author
- Marian Rodee; James Ostler
- Publisher
- Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
- Publication year
- 1995
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0912535105
- ISBN 13
- 9780912535104
- Item weight
- 0.99 pounds
Zuni pueblo in western New Mexico is renowned for its small carved stone animal figurines, or fetishes. A fetish is an object, natural or manmade, in which a spirit is thought to reside and which can be used to effect either good or evil. According to legend, when a man finds a rock that resembles an animal, he has in his possession one of the original animals turned to stone by the children of the Sun Father. Such a fetish has the soul or breath of the animal inside.
In recent years the market demand for fetishes from Zuni has spurred an increase in the number of carvers. Published in 1995 and now available from UNM Press, The Fetish Carvers of Zuni studies both the history of fetishes and Zuni's major contemporary fetish carvers, their art, aesthetics, and business.
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About the Author
James Ostler established the Pueblo of Zuni Arts and Crafts enterprise.
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