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Turquoise Turtle by Debra Gasper and Ray Tsethlikai - Zuni Fetish Sunshine Studio

Debra Gasper and Ray Tsethlikai

Turquoise Turtle by Debra Gasper and Ray Tsethlikai

$ 75.00

A dark turquoise turtle with a greenish gray matrix on the face and front legs and a gray matrix on the hind legs and top of the shell. Debra Gasper and Ray Tsethlikai made this lovely turtle with sterling silver inlaid eyes. They incised 6 scoots around the outer edge of the shell then added six sterling silver dots to the center of each scoot. Then one has been inlaid at the center of the back. Indigenous people recognize the turtle as the symbol of Mother Earth - some Native Americans believe that the turtle contributed to creation because the turtle dived 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, due to the turtle's proclivity to go with the current.
Artist: Debra Gasper and Ray Tsethlikai (signed)
Size: 1-1/2 in. long x 1-1/8 in. wide x 1/2 in. tall
#60444

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