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- 220729-05 Zuni Medicine Bear by Stewart Quandelacy
220729-05 Zuni Medicine Bear by Stewart Quandelacy
3 1/4" x 3 1/8" Note: Right ear seems a bit damaged (hard to see) A fantastic mid size medicine bear out of red jasper with turquoise inlaid eyes and healing heart line - carved by the medicine bear originator; Stewart Quandelacy. The medicine bear shape is thought to resemble a cave opening - depicting a bear coming out of hibernation & the pose is the bear sniffing the ground for healing herbs. The Zuni believe the bear is endowed with curative powers, strength, adaptability & courage - powers that can influence both the spiritual & physical realm.
Artist: Stewart Quandelacy
Stewart Quandelacy is one of the most recognized and collected Zuni fetish carvers of our time. He is most well known for his medicine bears with the zig-zag heartline. Stewart carves several other animals along with his wife, Priscilla Lasiloo, including long necked bears and mountain lions.