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Claudia Peina

Antler Zuni Warrior Maiden w/ Sterling Shield and Spear Zuni Fetish

Antler Zuni Warrior Maiden w/ Sterling Shield and Spear Zuni Fetish

Regular price $222.00
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Artist:  Zuni Fetish carver Claudia Peina

Medium:  Antler Maiden with jet eyes and coral mouth/ Turquoise, coral and purple sugalite appointments on shawl, turquoise on moccasins and in hair/ Sterling silver spear and Shield/ Shield has traditional stampwork design

Size:  2 3/8" H x 7/8" Across x 3/4" Deep

Legend has it that a young Zuni maiden was getting her hair fixed in traditional butterfly style for a ceremony when the village was attacked by an enemy tribe.  Fleeing to get her spear and shield to help the warriors fight their enemies, she became known as the heroric Warrior Maiden with hair half up and hair half down.

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