Handmade Navajo
5 Strand Animal Fetish Necklace
5 strands, 53 animal carvings.
Bears, Foxes, Mountain Lions, Rabbits, Moles, Badgers and more.
Includes
a Thunderbird centerpiece.
5-Strand Animal Fetish Necklace
$89 SOLD
Length
(end to end) | Inside strand 22" Lowest strand 26" The other 3 strands equally spaced between. |
Fetishes | Fetishes 53 fetishes 50 interior fetishes are 3/4" long Inside strand has 8 2nd strand has 9 3rd strand has 10 4th strand has 11 5th strand has 12 One at each corner 1" long One in middle 1 1/4" x 1" |
Stones | Turquoise,
Picasso Marble, Pipestone, White Marble, Serpentine, and more. Penn Shell heishi in between fetishes. |
Artist | Navajo artist Corine Ramirez |
Sterling silver cone clasps.
What is a Fetish?
A fetish is a rock carving of an animal that captures the spirit and the essence of the animal, not necessarily its exact detailed conformation. Although carved from many types of rock, fishrock is traditional.
Many fetishes have a medicine bundle or adornment tied on the back of the horse that often consists of coral seed beads, shell heishi, feathers and other stone pieces. The style and detail of carving varies among artists but usually includes detail on the face, ears, tail and mane. Often the eyes and other spots of adornment on the horse are inset pieces of contrasting stones such as turquoise, coral and others.