{"product_id":"200915-11-antler-avaynu-fetish-by-master-teddy-weahkee-1890-1965","title":"Antler Avanyu Fetish by master Teddy Weahkee 1890-1965","description":"\u003cp\u003e8.5\" incl feather\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMid 20th Century\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeddy Weahkee (1890-1965) was a respected Zuni elder artist, carver, jeweler, and make of traditional arts. He attended Phoenix Indian School, fought in World War I, married Cheyenne beadworker Anna Lefthand, and served as Governor of Zuni Pueblo. He learned about Zuni fetishes as a spiritual elder and working with Leekya on the excavation of Haiwaku village. He and his daughter, Edna Leki, made Zuni fetish pots covered in tiny turquoise chips and nuggets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCollected by Proctor Stafford, a Los Angeles collector of the ancient art of\u003cbr\u003eMexico since the late 1940s through the '50s. He was the first American\u003cbr\u003ecollecting Pre-Columbian art down in Mexico. He collected in conjunction\u003cbr\u003ewith the artists Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Wolfgang Paalen and William\u003cbr\u003eSpratling, among other luminaries of the day. He passed away in 1997. The\u003cbr\u003eProctor Stafford Collection at LACMA is arguably the world's best\u003cbr\u003ecollection of ancient West Mexican art. He also collected Northwest\u003cbr\u003eCoast and Southwestern U.S. tribal art, in addition to Southwestern\u003cbr\u003esilver \u0026amp; turquoise jewelry. He may have bought the fetishes from Larry\u003cbr\u003eFrank, but we have no written proof of that, only spoken memories of\u003cbr\u003epeople he bought from in Arizona and New Mexico and the Santa Fe scene\u003cbr\u003eof the '60s \u0026amp; '70s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antique American Indian Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45877362786469,"sku":"200915-11","price":1980.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/6071\/5685\/files\/s725348264778838518_p6132_i17_w1728.jpg?v=1757345945","url":"https:\/\/antiqueamericanindianart.com\/products\/200915-11-antler-avaynu-fetish-by-master-teddy-weahkee-1890-1965","provider":"Antique American Indian Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}