Jerome Vacit Colorful Parrot Zuni Fetish

Artist:  Zuni Fetish carver Jerome Vacit

Medium:  Fluorite body, turquoise head, jet eyes, wings, tail and base with Purple spiny oyster shell legs

Size:  2 3/8" L x1 3/4" H x 7/8" W

Parrots were prized for their beautiful colored feathers back in Anasazi days and still are!  They traded with natives and traders on the Spanish Trail for their prized feathers.

The parrot is a messenger!