Zuni Fetish as a Concretion Formed as a Man

Item: 743

Origin: Zuni Pueblo
Date:  19th Century

Media: Stone, sinew, turquoise, shell, coral
Dimensions: 1.75″ x 1.9″

Description: The shape of this concretion is like that of a sitting buddha with a bulbous nose and full, inflated cheeks, comical and playful in nature.  These Pueblo people liked to find these interesting concretions, or stones that look like they have conglomerated together.  Stones such as this one are further augmented with other accoutrements such as turquoise, sinew and shell.  Finding the natural form that appears to be of something more familiar, like a person, is all the more reason to give it extra power or medicine.

Price: SOLD