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Turquoise Maiden by Kateri Sanchez

Kateri Sanchez

Turquoise Maiden by Kateri Sanchez

$ 120.00

A small Mexican Campo Frio Mine turquoise corn maiden with a prominent brown matrix and a mother-of-pearl inlaid face carved by Kateri Sanchez looking up at the sky with with jet features. Kateri gave the maiden a small apple coral dot pendant then incised the corn rows. The maiden wears a fringe shawl that has two coral dots on the back side with one jet inlaid star burst. Maidens symbolize abundance, fertility and feminine energy and corn maidens are revered in Zuni for giving up their life to help sustain the Zuni tribe with their corn bodies.
Artist: Kateri Sanchez (signed)
Size: 1 in. wide x 7/8 in. deep x 1-1/2 in. tall
#64076

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