Mama & Baby Badger Holy Bear Sends His Prayers giving the necklace a fiesta

giving the necklace a fiesta of color

There are many Indigenous stories about how corn was brought to the people at a time when there was hunger

this would be one of the things

The background is jet and the dancer has a gold lip mother of pearl body with a pen shell face and headdress of red coral and turquoise

Torevia Crespin hand-rolled catlinite

Mama & Baby Badger Holy Bear Sends His Prayers giving the necklace a fiestaThis mama and baby badger was carved by Ed Lementino from marble. The offering bundle on one is white clam shell and two natural coral beads, and the offering bundle on the other is pen shell heishi and two natural coral beads. The eyes are inlaid jet. We know that badgers are fierce, so this baby will move through the world safely! Size: 1" H x 2. 25" L x 1. 5" W In the Zuni tradition badgers are the guardians of the south which is associated with