Product Description
This stacked fetish necklace was hand carved using Lone Mountain turquoise by Zuni master carvers, Pete and Dinah Gasper. Each turtle, frog, wolf, bird and bear is meticulously and finely carved. It is finished with 14kt gold cones and comes with a lovely matching pair of earrings. Total length of the necklace is a very wearable 32″ long with the fetishes each measuring from about 3/4″ to an 1″. Pete and Dinah Gasper Fetish Necklace Zuni
Dinah is the daughter of Edna Leki and the sister of Lena Boone. Coming from a family of esteemed carvers, Dinah began carving as a teenager by helping her famous grandfather Teddy Weahkee and her mother. Pete studied painting at the Santa Fe Indian School. After meeting and marrying Dinah, he began carving fetishes. Pete unfortunately passed away in 2011 and Dinah is still carving.
