Large and Powerful Humped Back Zuni Fetish Bear Jewelry Artist: Navajo ~ Unknown/ Purchased

Artist:  Navajo ~ Unknown/ Purchased as "old pawn"

vegetable dyes in a Navajo Wedding Basket pattern / Cedar stick in center to keep small seeds or cornmeal from falling through

this patient Elder passes down the tradition and tales of her culture

Medium: Hand coiled clay painted with natural slip/traditional geometric patterns with florals and butterfly

Large and Powerful Humped Back Zuni Fetish Bear Jewelry Artist: Navajo ~ Unknown/ PurchasedArtist: Zuni Fetish carver Freddie Leekya Medium: Travertine bear with turquoise eyes and pinshell nose Coral tongue Double arrowhead offering with gold lip and pink mussel shell Size: 2 1 2" L x 2" H x 7 8" W Unique carving! Power and strength of the bear cub !