Zuni Animal Fetish Necklace

Description

This is a animal fetish necklace with stone fetishes, natural heishi and natural turquoise heishi. A single strand finished off with sterling silver cones and sterling hook and eye clasp. Delicate, minimalist indigenous necklace. Traditional tribal necklace. Spiritual jewelry.
Zuni fetsh native necklace. Handcrafted by native New Mexican artisan.

You want to look at it in your hands. Connects you to the crafter and to mother earth. With each one crafted we are thinking about the wearer. Great piece to hand down for generations.

* unisex
* 1 strands
* 24″ long
*natural AAA grade turquoise heishi
*natural small penshell heishi
*natural stone small fetish animals, high quality, they vary in size to approx. just shy of 1″ X 1/4″ with middle eagle t-bird being 1″ X 1″ these are the small natural fine stone fetishes
* sterling silver hook and eye clasp
* sterling silver cones marked sterling
*handcrafted by native New Mexican artisan

These fetishes were carved into several different animals and supernatural spirits, each a significant symbol to the Zuni people. The animals and spirits depicted through these fetishes were believed to have certain characteristics that were transferred into the carvings themselves. If you owned a fetish, you would then inherit the respective properties that your fetish represents.
Some animals have important symbolic characteristics that are relatively consistent; however, the spirit of the fetish can be interpreted in many ways depending on the individual owner’s perspective.

Most carvings are made from stone, though for centuries the Zuni people have carved many for personal use out of different materials, such as wood, antler, shell, clay, coral and even silver. They believe that the spirits of the animals can act as messengers to the gods and provide them with protection from various evils in the world as well as promote the benefits of other elements.