Authentic Zuni fetishes by Ricky Laahty, Troy Sice, Ray Tsalate, Gibbs Othole, Loren Tsalabutie, Ron Laahty, Lena Boone and other current Zuni carvers. Occasionally, we have historic work by deceased artists such as Aaron Sheche, Theodore Kucate, Teddy Weahkee,
Leo Poblano, and Leekya Deyuse.
Carvings listed alphabetically by carver's last name. Click on images to enlarge.
Terry Banteah
Terry Banteah (d) textured mother-of-pearl small mouth bass fetish, 1" high by 1-7/8" long by 3/8" wide, $125. Terry was the premier fish fetish carver.
Evalena Boone 
Evalena Boone turquoise frog fetish, 1-1/8” high by 1-1/8” long by 1-1/4” wide, $60. Like her mother Lena, Evalena carves a variety of frog styles.
Evalena Boone pink mussel shell flying eagle fetish, ¾” high by 2” long by 2-1/4” wide, $100. This beauty has an inlaid band of turquoise and lapis.
Evalena Boone cowry shell frog fetish, ¾” high by 1-1/4” long by 1-1/2” wide, $40. Lovely how Evalena smoothly carved away just the top layer to delineate the legs.
Fred Bowannie
Fred Bowannie sugar daddy travertine frog fetish, 3/4” high by 1 7/8” long, $112. A good use of the banding in this local to Zuni stone.
Fred Bowannie Nutria travertine turtle fetish, 1/2” high by 2 5/8” long, $134. Nice to see Fred try new subjects. 
Daniel Chattin
Daniel Chattin gold lip mother-of-pearl corn maiden, 3-1/2” high by 2” wide by 1/2” thick, $195. Instead of carving the corn kernels in the pearl, Daniel carved them in sterling silver and inlaid it on her chest. Unique.
Dee Edaakie
Dee Edaakie K2 jasper bear fetish,1-1/2” high by 2-1/8” long by 7/8” wide, $200. Vibrant blue azurite spots in the granite of this “K2 jasper.”
Dee Edaakie boulder opal grizzly bear fetish with pink mussel shell fish, 3-1/4” high by 2” long by 1-1/2” wide, $425. Dee's carvings always preserve the integrity of the natural stone as well as capturing the essence of the animal.
Dee Edaakie peacock pyrite owl fetish, 2” high by 1-1/4” long by 1” wide, $140.  Dee said he was watching a nature show about owls while carving this, and carved the owl with his head turned backwards and looking up to the sky as he saw in the film.
Dee Edaakie smiling Peruvian blue angelite bear fetish, 2” high by 3” long by 1-1/4” wide, $255.  Dee’s bears are unmistakable!
Dee Edaakie found quartz eagle fetish, 2-1/8” high by 2” wide by 1-1/8” long, $395.  With inlaid lapis eyes.
Dee Edaakie peacock pyrite cat fetish, 1-3/4” high by 1-3/4” long by 3/4” wide, $135. Dee doesn't often carve domestic animals.
Dee Edaakie boulder opal turtle fetish, 5/8” high by 2-1/8” long by 1-1/2” wide, $130. The graceful contours of the turtle’s shell show Dee’s respect for the stone.
Dee Edaakie amber eagle fetish, 1-1/4” high by 1-1/2” long by ¾” wide, $175. Dee used the crusty parts of the amber for the wing feathers.
​Dee Edaakie peacock pyrite crested eagle fetish, 1-3/4” high by 2” long by 1” wide, $200. With a necklace of lapis and turquoise strung with fine, old heishi.
Dee Edaakie dinosaur bone bat fetish, 2” high by 1-1/2” long by 1” wide, $230. Dee loves to carve difficult materials.
Dee Edaakie peacock pyrite porcupine fetish, 1-3/4” high by 2” long by 1” wide, $135. Dee’s porcupines are a hoot!
Dee Edaakie yttrium fluorite eagle fetish, 2 3/8” high by 2 5/8” long, $320. Nice little sodalite “fish” as well.
Dee Edaakie peacock pyrite frog fetish, 1 1/4” high by 1 3/4” long, $170. Nice maroon coloring.
Felino Eriacho
Felino Eriacho large native sandstone bear fetish, 2-1/8” high by 3-1/4” long by 2” wide, $300. An outstanding example of the concretion style with a beautiful bundle of carved turquoise leaf and azurite nuggets.
Orin Eriacho
Orin Eriacho fluorite resting bear fetish, 1” high by 1” long by 1/2” wide, $75. Perfect for a pouch or your pocket!
Debra Gasper
Debra Gasper blue angelite frog fetish, ¾” high by 2” long by 1-3/4” wide, $75. Sterling silver eyes accent the sky blue beautifully.
Debra Gasper Zuni fluorite frog fetish, 1” high by 2 ¼” long, $75. Zuni fluorite is rich in texture and color.
Elroy Gasper
Elroy Gasper (d) jet frog fetish with turquoise raindrops, 1/2” high by 1 3/8” long, circa 2000, $225. Elroy was the son of Peter (d) and Dinah Gasper. 
Peter Gasper, Jr.
Peter Gasper, Jr. blue angelite eagle fetish, 1” high by 2” long by ½” wide, $58. An unusual stone for Peter to carve.
Rickson Kallestewa
Rickson Kallestewa alabaster mountain lion fetish carving, 2 ¼” high by 5” long, $125. This big cat is waiting beside its food dish.
Ricky Laahty
Ricky Laahty drusy citrine politician frog fetish  with two ibis on the bottom, 1-1/2” high by
​3-1/2” wide by 1-1/4” long, $495. Ricky said any resemblance to a known politician is purely coincidental!
Ricky Laahty Royston turquoise frog fetish, ½” high by 1-3/4” long by 1” wide, $145. Ricky makes maximum use of the turquoise deposits in this stone.
Ricky Laahty sugar daddy travertine frog fetish, ½” high by 1-1/4” long by 1-1/2” wide, $145.  Sugar daddy travertine is native to Zuni, and named for the candy it resembles.
Ricky Laahty copal frog fetish, 1-1/8” high by 2” wide by 5/8" long, $145. This beautiful substance is hardened tree resin that is halfway to becoming amber.
Ricky Laahty Royston turquoise in rhyolite matrix double frogs fetish, 3” high by 1 ½” wide by
​1 ¼” thick, $330. And a perfect turquoise-faced smiley critter on the bottom!
Ricky Laahty drusy agate frog fetish, 1 ¼” high by 2” long, $215. Ricky even managed to carve a tongue for this frog!
Ricky Laahty K2 jasper mama and baby frogs fetish, 3/4” high by 1 1/4” long, $248. Wonderful use of the blue markings for eyes and baby frogs plus a bird and cat on the bottom.
Ricky Laahty ocean jasper mama and baby frogs fetish with a fish on the bottom, 3/4” high by 2 3/8” long, $278. A very rare coloration for ocean jasper!
Ricky Laahty smithsonite frog fetish, 1 1/4” high by 2 1/4” wide, $310. A rare crystalline stone with its own natural tongue!
Ron Laahty
Ron Laahty textured Nutria jasper turtle fetish, 3/4” high by 1-5/8” long by 1-1/2” wide, $145. Ron does love his turtles!
Ron Laahty Petoskey stone leaping bunny fetish, 1” high by 2” long by 1-3/4” wide, $165. This guy looks like he is flying.
Ron Laahty peacock pyrite wind-and-corn maiden fetish, 2 ½” high by 2” wide, $456. The wind maiden, with blowing locks of corn husks, is Ron’s personal creation.
Ron Laahty amber Corn Maiden fetish, 1 1/2” high by 1” wide, $200. Nice dark Chiapan amber.
Ron Laahty agate turtle fetish, 5/8” high by 1 5/8” long, $145. A really hard stone to carve with nice translucence to the flippers when held to the light.
Ron Laahty Picasso marble big-eared bunny fetish, 1” high by 2” wide, $145. Ron creates some of the most humorous bunnies.
Ron Laahty amethyst crystal turtle fetish, 1” high by 2 5/8” long, $450. Beautiful crystals on this piece.
Ron Laahty chrysocolla buffalo fetish, 1 5/8” high by 2 1/4” long, $250. A nicely mottled turquoise-related stone.
Ron Laahty serpentine and ammonite snail carving, 1 3/4” high by 2 7/8” long, $418. A very clever creation.
Ron Laahty travertine onyx floppy-eared bunny fetish, 1 3/4” high by 2 1/8” wide, $167. A pretty amusing bunny.
Maxx Laate
Maxx Laate textured turquoise fox fetish, 1/2” high by 2” long by 1/2" wide, $85. This fox is lying down, no doubt watching a rabbit hole.
Maxx Laate deer antler whale fetish, 1-3/8” high by 3” long by 2” wide, $125. A most imaginative use of the material!
Travis Lasiloo
Travis Lasiloo Picasso marble six-direction fetish, 4” high by 3-1/2” long by 2-1/2” wide, $2200. All the protective animals in one sculpture!
Freddie Leekya
Freddie Leekya serpentine frog fetish with turquoise rain drops and pink mussel shell eyes, 1” high by 2” long by 1 ½” wide, $55. Just chillin' with his front legs crossed.
Edna Leki
Edna Leki (d) Picasso marble wolf fetish, 1 1/4” high by 2 1/2” long, circa 1980, $185. A nice pouch-size piece by Edna, the first female carver at Zuni.
Faye Quandelacy 
Faye Quandelacy turquoise pueblo woman with child on her back, 1-1/2” high by ¾” wide by ¾” long, $125. Sweet.
Chris Sandoval
Chris Sandoval turquoise bighorn sheep fetish, 1-1/2” high by 1-1/2” long by 1” wide, $105. Chris loves the challenge of carving horns.
Chris Sandoval turquoise doe fetish, 1-3/4” high by 1-7/8” long by 1” wide, $135. Yet another woodland creature for your menagerie!
Hudson Sandy
Hudson Sandy pink mussel shell seahorse carving against a scallop shell background on a white coral base, 2 3/4” high by 2 1/2” wide, $225. Such an interesting scene from Hudson.
Lorandina Sheche
Lorandina Sheche pipestone mole fetish, 1/2” high by 2” long by 1” wide, $79. Bundle of serpentine point, coral, and turquoise is wrapped with natural sinew, as is traditional for this family.
Lorandina Sheche marble eagle fetish, 1” high by 2-1/2” long by ¾” wide, $65. The Sheche family still use natural sinew, as seen in the simple decoration wrapped around the bird’s neck.
Lorandina Sheche serpentine double coyotes fetish, 1 ¼” high by 3” long, $90. A simple old-style carving in a beautifully marked serpentine.
Lorandina Sheche serpentine double wolves fetish, 1 1/4” high by 3 3/4” long, $85. The perfect wedding gift of mated wolves.
Jeff Shetima
Jeff Shetima lapis wolf fetish, 1-3/8’ high by 3” long by 1” wide, $375.  Jeff can really capture the animal in the stone.
Jeff Shetima Picasso marble deer fetish with micro-inlay heartline c.2013, 4” high by 5” long by 2” wide, $1250. Jeff doesn’t do the micro-inlay as much anymore.
Troy Sice
Troy Sice elk antler dancing frog fetish, 1 7/8” high by 1 1/2” long, $575. And lots of inlay raindrops as well!
Loren Tsalabutie
Loren Tsalabutie chrysocolla tortoise fetish, 1-1/2” high by 2” long by 1-5/8” wide, $275. This tortoise is on a hike!
Loren Tsalabutie Petoskey stone bobcat fetish, 1-1/2” high by 2-3/4” long by 1-1/4” wide, $375. A great piece of petoskey and subtle animation in this cat carving.
Loren Tsalabutie lapis wolf fetish, 1-1/2” high by 3” long by 1” wide, $425. A beautiful carved malachite arrowhead in the offering bundle.
Loren Tsalabutie Atlantisite (serpentine with stichtite spots) bobcat fetish, 2” high by 3-1/2” long by 1-¾” wide, $675. This form of stichtite-in-serpentine is rarely seen.
Loren Tsalabutie white alabaster playing wolf fetish, 2 ¼” high by 4” long by 2 ¼” wide, $475. The height is measured with wolf on all fours, but he also balances on his forefeet—a specialty of Loren’s.
Loren Tsalabutie boulder opal bobcat fetish on an agate base, 2 7/8” high by 3 5/8” wide, $300. One happy critter.
Ray Tsalate
Ray Tsalate elk antler water serpent fetish, 3” high by 9” long by 6” wide (including feathers),  $3200. His ruff is mink; feathers are blue and gold macaw; he has carved pen shell horns, mother-of-pearl teeth, a coral tongue, and carnelian eyes. Offering belt includes a carved black mother-of-pearl arrowhead, pink mussel shell carved corn, handmade sun face, mother-of-pearl stars and moon. This is Ray at his whimsical best!  
Ray Tsalate elk antler standing frog fetish with coral and turquoise raindrops, 2 3/8” high by 2” long, $495.  Silliness!
Ray Tsalate elk antler frog fetish with multi-stone raindrop decorations, 1 1/4” high by 1 5/8” long, $520. A nice spiny oyster arrowhead as well.
Brian Yatsattie
Brian Yatsattie boulder opal snake fetish, 1/8” high by 1 ½” long by ¾” wide, $135. A perfect snake for a pouch as boulder opal is so very strong.
Jimmy Yawakia
Jimmy Yawakia pipestone turtle fetish, $50. Much of Minnesota pipestone is mottled.
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or visit us in Old Town Albuquerque to place your order. 
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