Leekya Mother of Pearl Bird Fetish Bear Fetish 5 3/8" long- 3 3/8"

5 3/8" long- 3 3/8" tall- 1 3/8" thick (base)

This stellar little rabbit took many hours of pains taking detailed hand work

The Zuni acknowledge six directions in their world view and assign a color and animal to each

Badgers represent boldness

badgers and critically endangered black-footed ferrets

Leekya Mother of Pearl Bird Fetish Bear Fetish 5 3/8" long- 3 3/8"Sleek bird Hand Carved from a lovely mother of pearl shell with pen shell eyes. Hayes is from the most illustrious carving family at the Zuni Pueblo being the grandson of Leekya Deyuse whom many consider to be the Rembrandt of Zuni fetish carving as well as the son of Francis Leekya who was a famous carver in his own right. His brothers are also excellent carvers as also are several of his nephews. The picture below is Hayes at the Turquoise Village