Andres Lementino Zuni Jet Horse Fetish Carving

Native American Zuni Horse Fetish Carving

Each Native American Indian animal fetish
carving is hand made and unique. - Authenticity
We only have one of each item pictured - it will sell
to the first person who sends payment.

Andres Lementino - Zuni Horse Fetish Carving
"Red Hands"
HK Item #M513

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Hand made Native American Indian Zuni Horse Fetish

Inlaid turquoise eyes.

Hand made Native American Indian Zuni Horse Fetish

Material	Acoma Jet Read about stones
Length	3 1/4"
Height	3"
Width	5/8"
Hallmarks	A L
Artist	Andres Lementino, Zuni

Andres Lementino - Zuni
Jet Horse Fetish Carving - M513
"Red Hands"

$40 SOLD

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Paula says -

"Andres Lementino did a super job of carving and polishing this flawless piece of jet. Unfortuntely the tail broke at one time and has been repaired. The repair is only noticeable upon close inspection and the upside is you get a great piece of art at a much reduced price!"

Hand made Native American Indian Zuni Horse Fetish

In the photo you can see a faint line across the tail where it was repaired.

Painted orange hands, one on each side, are recessed slightly into the rump of the horse.

Hand made Native American Indian Zuni Horse Fetish

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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. Read more about fetishes.

The horse is an animal of freedom and the Horse Fetish has the power of healing, strength and safe movement.

The Hand.

In Native American art, the hand usually represents the presence of man. From the earliest hand imprints on cave walls, the hand depicts a man's work, achievements and his personal history.

When a hand had a swirl in the middle of it, that is said to be the "eye in hand" and represents a mystic, or all-seeing, hand, the presence of the Great Spirit in man.

A Native American's horse was highly honored and often covered in symbols for various purposes. This would vary from tribe to tribe but hand prints were often used in various positions on a horse to mean different things.

The most prized handprint was when preparing for battle, if it was a kill-or-be-killed mission, an upside-down hand would be placed on the warrior's horse.

If a horse knocked down an enemy, right and left hand prints were put on the horse's chest.

The Pat Hand Print was the left hand pressed onto the horse's right hindquarters. It was put on a horse who had returned from a dangerous mission with his master unharmed.

Native American Zuni Horse Fetish Carving

Andres Lementino - Zuni Horse Fetish Carving"Red Hands" HK Item #M513

The Hand.

Andres Lementino - Zuni Horse Fetish Carving
"Red Hands"
HK Item #M513