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CHRISTMAS!!!!

Merry Christmas everybody! We hope you're all neck-deep in Christmas garland and Jingle Bells. We're wrapping things up here for 2009 and have just posted our last new Zuni fetishes for the year. Here are a few new carvings by our friend, Burt Awelagte, and we hope you'll take a look.

NEW ZUNI FETISHES by Burt Awelagte

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SALE!

We've marked down all the previously posted Zuni fetishes on the site substantially. There are some really good bargains here .. but we're not done. There's one more mark down coming next week. Buy now to risk losing the one you have your eye on .. or gamble that it will be there next week. It's your call!

ITEMS ON SALE

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SHIPPING!

Friday is the last day we're shipping with any hope of things arriving for Christmas. As always, we're happy to gift-wrap and enclose a Merry Christmas greeting to your gift recipient. Just ask us! Overnight delivery from our location really takes two days .. so keep that in mind as well.

THE BOOK!

We're running low on hard-bound editions (but we have a few) of ZUNI SPIRITS: A Portfolio of Fine Zuni Fetish Carvings, and we have a few copies of the soft-cover edition. We will have more after the first of the year, but if you're local Santa is thinking of adding this item to your bulging stocking, he'd better move quickly!

Email your book order at this link.

"Longtime art dealers and art lovers David Austin Riggs and Darlene Meader Riggs take the reader on a loving journey into the artistry of Zuni fetish carvings. More than 300 lush photographs are accompanied by expert explanations of these tiny treasures. Whether you collect fetish carvings or just love them from afar, this book will provide much enjoyment. A must-have for the serious collector!"

Debra Utacia Krol, Book Editor,
NATIVE PEOPLES MAGAZINE, Nov/Dec, 2009

Our purpose in publishing this book is to share the artistry and beauty of Zuni fetishes. As collectors we appreciate the various reference books written about Zuni fetishes and they are all within easy reach of our desks. But the elements of Zuni fetishes that attract us, draw us in and take our breath away are missing in those kinds of publications. The nuances of the stone, the finesse of the carver and the physical elements of the immense symbolism, these are the things we want to share here.

"ZUNI SPIRITS: A PORTFOLIO OF FINE ZUNI FETISH CARVINGS is a wonderful compilation of the talent residing in Halona Idiwan'a. Dave's photography and Darlene's writing thoroughly captures the details of each fetish, the beauty of every stone and the artistry of each carver. This book, different from all other fetish collector books, appropriately showcases the "ZUNI SPIRIT" in each fetish. It portrays the expansive talents of the A:shiwi carvers from the oldest to the youngest, from the old style to the newer creative styles and all those in between. One not only sees the spirit within the fetish, but also experiences the spirit of the carver."

Norman Cooeyate, Governor,
ZUNI PUEBLO, New Mexico