Zuni Fetishes and Carvings

by McManis, Kent

• ISBN13: 9781887896597
• ISBN10: 1887896597
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-01
• Publisher: Rio Nuevo Pub

Summary

These tiny, exquisite "charm stones" make up some of the most popular Native American art in North America. Now available in a single volume, Zuni Fetishes and Carvings offers the best general reference on the subject ever available for collectors. How can fetishes help us in our daily lives? What does the bear represent? The frog? The eagle? What powers do they contain? What makes a fetish "speak" to a collector? In this deluxe edition, noted dealer in Native American art Kent McManis answers all these questions and many more. He presents the two major traditional types of fetishes: the protective/healing group and the hunting group. He describes the materials that Zuni artists carve today, such as turquoise, onyx, jet, mother-of-pearl, and Picasso marble, and shows the artists' fine techniques. He also introduces many skilled carvers -- both acknowledged masters and newcomers to the craft -- and includes hundreds of photos and newly updated family trees for the carvers. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
THE POWER OF THE FETISH
Mountain Lions	12	(1)
Bears	13	(5)
Badgers	18	(1)
Wolves	19	(1)
Eagles	20	(1)
Moles	21	(1)
Coyotes	22	(1)
Bobcats	23	(1)
Frogs and Turtles	24	(3)
Snakes	27	(1)
Owls and Other Birds	28	(1)
Game Animals	29	(2)
Domesticated Animals	31	(1)
Local Animals	32	(1)
Non-Local Animals	33	(1)
Corn Maidens and Maidens	34	(1)
Humans and Miscellaneous Figures	35	(1)
CARVING MATERIALS	36	(35)
Alabaster	37	(3)
Serpentine	40	(3)
Picasso Marble	43	(3)
Jet	46	(1)
Black Marble	47	(1)
Pipestone	48	(1)
Turquoise and Related Minerals	49	(3)
Dolomite	52	(1)
Fluorite	53	(1)
Miscellaneous Stones	54	(9)
Glass	63	(1)
Shell	64	(2)
Antler, Horn, Fossilized Ivory, and Bone	66	(2)
Other Organic Materials	68	(2)
One Carver's Materials	70	(1)
THE ART OF CARVING	71	(3)
THE CARVING FAMILIES	74	(63)
The Teddy Weahkee Family	76	(7)
The Leekya Deyuse Family	83	(4)
The Theodore Kucate Family	87	(2)
The Quandelacy Family	89	(3)
The George Haloo Cheechee Family	92	(2)
The Haloo Family	94	(2)
The Andrew Emerson Quam and Bossie Quam Families	96	(4)
The Lunasee, Tsethlikai, and Chavez Families	100	(3)
The Johnny Quam and Westika Families	103	(2)
The Hustito and Lowsayatee Families	105	(4)
The Natewa, Dallas Quam, and Panteah Extended Families	109	(8)
The Leonard Halate Family	117	(2)
The Sepo Ponchuella Family	119	(3)
The Poncho Family	122	(1)
The Bica and Kalestewa Families	123	(1)
The Saul Yuselew Family	124	(2)
The Othole Extended Family	126	(3)
The Mahooty, Lasiloo, and Laiwakete Families	129	(3)
The Laare Family	132	(5)
A GUIDE TO COLLECTING	137	(3)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	140	(1)
INDEX	141	(3)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	144	(1)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR	144