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Zuni Fetishes
Zuni Carved Corn Maiden Lapis
$400.00
Zuni Carved Corn Maiden Lapis
Fetish by Claudia Peina
This beautiful Zuni Corn Maiden, complete with her hair in butterfly whorls, was carved from lapis with turquoise accents.
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Zuni Carved Corn Maiden Lapis
Fetish by Claudia Peina
This beautiful Zuni Corn Maiden, complete with her hair in butterfly whorls, was carved from lapis with turquoise accents by Zuni fetish carver Claudia Peina.
Just as a mother nurtures her newborn, the Corn Maiden is honored for nurturing her people with the flesh of her body, the sweet corn.
Corn is the symbol of sustenance, the staff of life and is an important symbol of many tribes. Corn is considered a gift from the Great Spirit so its role is both as a food and a ceremonial object. … The corn maiden gives of her own body to feed her family and provides seeds which ensure a continued source of food.
Dimensions:
2.75 in. tall
SKU
Claudia Peina–4272
Fetishes are carved into different animals and supernatural spirits, each a significant symbol to the Zuni people. The animals and spirits depicted through these fetishes were believed to have certain characteristics that could be transferred into the carvings themselves. If you owned a fetish, you would then inherit the respective properties that your fetish represents. However, until the carving is blessed by a Zuni spiritual leader, it remains an intricately carved piece of art.
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