Edna Leki Bushytail Fetish

Edna Leki (1924 – 2003) was a Zuni Pueblo artist who learned from and carried on the tradition of fetish carving from her father Teddy Weahkee, a Zuni artist of many media and the master carver of fetishes.

Edna made her fetishes with files, hand drills and pedal grinders, and hand carved the arrowhead and bead offerings tied to the animals with leather and deer sinew.

This elegantly carved green serpentine bushytail (coyote, wolf or fox) is adorned with gold mother-of-pearl arrowhead and turquoise beaded offering on its back and wears a sweet expression on its long-nosed face, 1 x 3 ¼ x 1 ¼ inches.