Native American Fetish Carvings of the Southwest

Native American Fetish Carvings of the Southwest
Author: Kay Whittle
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1998
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

This book explores the magic and mystery behind the animal figures or fetishes skillfully carved by artists from the Southwestern Pueblos. Pictures and text highlight the impressive variety of forms, materials, and traditional and contemporary styles available to collectors along with a price guide to current market values. It also discusses the symbolic meanings associated with each one and explains how they are "borrowed" for use by members of non-Native American cultures.

Native American Fetishes

Native American Fetishes
Author: Kay Whittle
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780764325168

From Beast Gods to Directional Guardian Spirits, this book explores the magic and mystery behind the charismatic, mostly stone, animal figures or fetishes skillfully carved by artists from the Southwestern Pueblos. Hundreds of pictures and insightful text highlight the impressive variety of forms, materials, and traditional and contemporary styles available to collectors. A price guide is included.

Fetishes and Carvings of the Southwest

Fetishes and Carvings of the Southwest
Author: Oscar T. Branson
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1976
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Survey of carvings, usually very small, used for religious purposes by Indians in the American Southwest. Well illustrated. Minimal text.

Spirit in the Stone

Spirit in the Stone
Author: Mark Bahti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2016
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781933855974

Native American fetishes: charming animal carvings, indigenous art, or objects of power? Fetishes have different meanings to different Native peoples. Behind each carving are traditional stories and beliefs. In this new revised edition of Spirit in the Stone, well-known dealer and scholar of Native American art Mark Bahti explores the roles the carvings play, the artists who create them, the history of fetish carvings through the twentieth century, the stories about the animals and other objects, as well as the materials favored by carvers.

Zuni Fetishes

Zuni Fetishes
Author: Hal Zina Bennett
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1993-04-09
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0062500694

The Zuni have traditionally used small stone carvings of animal figures as power objects and mediators between themselves and the spirit world. Any object that has special meaning can be used as a fetish. In this fascinating, informative, and beautifully illustrated guide to the fetishes of the Zuni people of New Mexico, Hal Zina Bennett explores key principles of Native American spirituality and how early Zuni teachings can benefit us all today. He provides an excellent guide to Zuni traditions and an intriguing picture of their early life, along with detailed instructions for using fetishes for mediation, reflection, and insight in modern life. He describes key fetish figures, including the Guardian of the Six Regions, their legendary meanings, and the personal qualities each figure can support and help its owner develop. In explaining the nature of fetishes and the psychological and spiritual benefits that we can gain from their use, Bennett provides illuminating cross-cultural comparisons, stimulating exercises, and journaling opportunities.

A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings: The animals and the carvers

A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings: The animals and the carvers
Author: Kent McManis
Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Fetishes (Ceremonial objects)
ISBN: 9781887896146

How Can Fetishes Help Us in our daily lives? What does the bear represent? The frog? The wolf? What powers do they contain? Noted Indian trader Kent McManis explains the different types of fetishes with special emphasis on the two major traditional types: the protective/healing group and the hunting group. He also has included dozens of new carvings to update the latest generation of artists coming into the field. Also provided are family trees for the more prominent families, along with more than two hundred fetishes in full color.

Zuni Fetishes and Carvings

Zuni Fetishes and Carvings
Author: Kent McManis
Publisher: Rio Nuevo Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN: 9781933855417

The best general reference for collectors.

Indian Rock Art of the Southwest

Indian Rock Art of the Southwest
Author: Polly Schaafsma
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1986
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780826309136

The comprehensive book on Indian petroglyphs in the Southwest.