Dinah Gasper Turquoise Bear Fetish Bear Fetish They were dying of thirst

They were dying of thirst and starvation and so said prayers to each of the six directions

healing and the power of the soul

It is considered the primordial sound from which all creation emerged and is often chanted during meditation to foster peace and spiritual awareness

If you look in Kent McManis's book "Zuni Fetish Carvers of the 1970s" on page 85 you'll see a great photo of another "Ugly Monster" that Stewart carved back in 2004(this monster is from the same period)

Dinah Gasper Turquoise Bear Fetish Bear Fetish They were dying of thirstAwesome large bear fetish Hand Carved from a beautiful specimen of turquoise with red coral inlaid eyes and nostrils and a terrific offering bundle with a red spiney oyster shell arrowhead and turquoise and red coral nuggets with heishe shell. Dinah was born in 1944 and comes from a strong lineage of Zuni fetish carvers. Dinah is the daughter of Edna Leki and the granddaughter of renowned Zuni carver Teddy Weahkee. Teddy Weahkee is considered to be