Fat Travertine Bushytail

This fat bushytail by Zuni carver, Delvin Leekya, was carved from travertine, also called Zuni rock.  Delvin inlaid turquoise eyes and nostrils, and red coral for the mouth.  Bushytails are predator creatures, and this one has a red spiny oyster shell arrowhead, with a smaller turquoise arrowhead bundled on its back.  Delvin's fetish carvings always make us smile...they seem imbued with good humor.

Size: 1.625" H x 2.625" L x 1.25" W

Wolves, coyotes and foxes all look the same in the distance.  In Zuni there is a word that translates into "bushytail" in English.  You get to determine what this carving looks like to you!

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.