Kempsey Kushana, Zuni Fetish Carver

Carved fetish necklace, attributable to Zuni carver Kempsey Kushana (1918-1965)

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"Kempsey Kushana was carving bears for necklaces by the mid-1930s. He also carved leaves, as did his father, Kushana, and his daughters. Many, if not most, of their beautifully carved turquoise leaves were represented as the work of the heavily promoted Leekya, making them more salable (and valuable) for traders." Bahti, p. 30)

Pics 3 and 4 (above) from SPRIT IN THE STONE, p. 31, by Mark Bahti.