Vintage Zuni Bear Fetish - Attributed Theodore Kucate

Green Ricolite w/ multi

1 1/2"L

3rd Quarter 20th Century

From a major central California Private collection of mid 20th Century Zuni Fetishes.

(1888-1980, Zuni) "Theodore Kucate worked as a farmer and a jeweler when he began carving fetishes in the 1920's. He based his early work on drawings in Frank Hamilton Cushing's Zuni Fetishes, finding encouragement among traders who appreciated his revival of traditional styles.