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Serpentine Sea Turtle by Jayne Quam - Zuni Fetish Sunshine Studio

Jayne Quam

Serpentine Sea Turtle by Jayne Quam

$ 65.00

A pale yellowish green and gray veined serpentine sea turtle with turquoise inlaid eyes carved by Jayne Quam with her added bits of shell and stones inlaid to the turtle's back in her cloisonné style. Janne used bits of lapis, pen shell, spiny oyster, dark green serpentine and jicarite to name most then used bits of ground up chrysocola around some of the inlaid bits. The sanding and polishing process is when all the pieces come together as one unified form. Indigenous people recognize the turtle as the symbol of Mother Earth - some Native Americans believe that the turtle contributed to creation because the turtle dove into the primeval waters to retrieve mud to create Mother Earth. The turtle is regarded as a skillful navigator through life's difficulties. Turtle medicine teaches one to go with the flow.
Artist: Jayne Quam (signed)
Size: 1-3/8 in. wide x 1-7/8 in. long x 5/8 in. tall
#63085

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