Badgers

Zuni carver, Daphne Quam, carved this beautiful blue/lavender angelite badger with red coral eyes.  It seems very cuddly to us, a sweet badger!  She carved a red spiny oyster shell arrowhead for the bundle.  It feels very good in the hand.

Size: 1" H x 2.625" L x 1.5" W

In the Zuni tradition badgers are the guardians of the south.  Badgers are fierce, you would not want to mess with one!  They are creatures of both the world underground where their dens are, and the world on Mother Earth’s belly where they live during the day to hunt. 

Traditionally, Zuni carvings are symbolically fed cornmeal.   Each Zuni fetish comes in a box with a descriptive card and a tiny bit of corn meal to tide them over until they reach you.

Ed Lementino carved this fat badger from Sonoran Turquoise.  It has a sweet face with inlaid jet eyes. 

Size: 0.625" H x 2.125" L x 1.75" W

In the Zuni tradition badgers are the guardians of the south.  Badgers are fierce, you wouldn’t want to mess with one!  They are creatures of both the world underground where their dens are, and the world on Mother Earth’s belly where they live during the day to hunt. 

Traditionally, Zuni carvings are symbolically fed cornmeal.   Each Zuni fetish comes in a box with a descriptive card and a tiny bit of corn meal to tide them over until they reach you.