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Zuni Indians: Fetish
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Today, Zuni Indians revere, care for and feed their fetishes. The animal spirit must be nurtured for the owner to receive the fetish’s assistance. Some fetishes are created with special features: an inlaid or carved “heartline” which is the breath path leading to the power in the fetish’s heart, a bundle with various stones, shells or arrowheads is sometimes wrapped to a fetish and serves as an offering which empowers the fetish to better aid its owner.
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This beautiful Zuni fetish necklace was made by Zuni artist Georgia Quandelacy. The necklace measures 29 inches in length. The necklace is made of a strand of handcut olive shell 2 mm wide heishi beads. Georgia has hung this gorgeous necklace with 11 handcarved horse fetishes carved from fossilized ivory. The horses range in size from 1 3/4 inches by 1 inch to 3/4 inch by 3/8 inch. Weight 2.37 oz/67.2 grams.
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Many collectors purchase Zuni carvings for non traditional use. Alice Horner, a Zuni artist, said that she did not make fetishes. She made carvings that could be taken to the appropriate priest and made into fetishes. Thus it is how the stone is used that makes the difference between a carving and a fetish. The Fetish Carvers of Zuni by Marion Rodee and Jame Ostler, 1990.
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This fabulous Zuni fetish necklace was made by Zuni artist Andres Quandelacy. The necklace measures 26 inches in length including 3 inches of sterling silver extender chain. The necklace is made of a double strand of handcut natural coral 2 mm wide heishi beads.
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A Zuni fetish doll called "He Who Kills" is the subject of the short horror story Prey by Richard Matheson. An adaptation of the story for TV (called Amelia) appeared in the Trilogy of Terror special.
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