Chad Quandelacy
White Marble "Bearden" Zuni Fetish
White Marble "Bearden" Zuni Fetish
Artist: Zuni fetish carver Chad Quandelacy
Medium: White Marble Bear with Maiden on one side with turquoise face with jet eyes and mouth/ Turquoise appointments/ Jet dragonflies on bear~shawl/ Turquoise eyes on Bear/ Opposite side has mosaic inlay with lapis /several shades of spiny oyster shell/various shades and sizes of turquoise along with black marble , Mother of Pearl and Abalone/ Stones and shells form a beautiful and colorful pattern!
Size: 2 3/8" H x 1 1/2" Across x 1/2" Wide
Unique! Medicine Bear for power and strength and good medicine/ The Maidens are highly revered in the pueblo culture/ Mosaic work is simply elegant!
The white bear is believed to be the most powerful of them all! Good Medicine!
A "Chad" original!
This is a beauty!