Zuni Fetishes by Felino Eriacho and his Students Available from Sunshine Studio
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Felino EriachoFelino began carving in 1980 when he graduated from high school in Zuni. His earliest carvings were in antler - mostly owls and birds with beaks. He learned to carve from his grandfather, Andrew Weahkie, and from his uncles Roger Tsabatsaye and Will McKaye. Felino spent his early summers herding family sheep alone in the mountains of the Zuni Reservation. It was there that he learned the lay of the land, the habits of the native animals, and where he could find native fluorite, azurite, and travertine. In the mid 1980s, Felino studied mechanics at TVI and worked as a civilian at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque. Felino moved back to Zuni permanently in 1987. He started carving Kachinas from cottonwood. He began carving fetishes from stone. He chose to use only stone found on the Zuni Reservation - native fluorite, azurite, travertine, and chert. In 2004 there was a large forest fire in the Zuni Mountains. The land was put off-limits to everyone including Zunis. Felino's source of azurite was unavailable and the last surface traces of this deposit disappeared. In 2008, Felino found another deposit of azurite. Thus it became possible to carve again in this stone. Challis and I first met Felino near the Inn at Halona in Zuni. He was returning from guiding a bow-hunting trip in the Zuni Mountains. He is a registered, active professional hunting guide. He does little carving in the late summer and fall during hunting season. Today, Felino is famous for fetishes carved from native stones and Kachinas carved from cottonwood. He sometimes overlays his fetishes with a thin mosaic of azurite and malachite. This mosaic is meant to represent the thin layers of malachite/azurite that were once found in the Zuni rock matrix on the Reservation. Today, these deposits have played out, so Felino has to use mosaic overlay in its place. Felino is an exceptionally good teacher. He taught fetish carving to his wife, Shellie Jamon, his older brother Melvin, his daughter, Jessica, his cousin Orin Eriacho, and his friend Richard Epaloose. We have posted here several of Felino's carvings, some of his Kachinas, and the work of his students. We hope that you will love Felino's work as much as Challis did and Karen, Stephanie, and I do. |
Zuni Fetishes by Felino Eriacho and His Students
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#8628 Zuni Fetish Frog by Felino Eriacho $45
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#25535 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $45
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#25542 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $45
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#27167 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $46
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#27182 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $60
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#27622 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $60
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#29200 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $60
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#31537 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $60
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#20427 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $66
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#25536 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $66
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#25540 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $66
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#26030 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $70
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#25541 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $75
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#8633 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $90
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#8641 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $90
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#20550 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $90
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#32467 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $96
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#25722 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $110
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#8649 Zuni Fetish Mountain Lion by Felino Eriacho $120
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#20503 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $120
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#20554 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $120
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#32374 Zuni Fetish Beaver by Felino Eriacho $120
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#36446 Zuni Fetish Maiden by Felino Eriacho $120
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#27605 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $130
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#20510 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $150
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#20519 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $150
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#25808 Zuni Fetish Maiden by Felino Eriacho $176
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#25506 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $180
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#27810 Zuni Fetish Maiden by Felino Eriacho $189
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#8669 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $200
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#32397 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $200
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#28965 Zuni Fetish Badger by Felino Eriacho $216
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#19829 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $225
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#26919 Zuni Fetish Turtle by Felino Eriacho $240
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#8086 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $250
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#15633 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $250
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#28470 Zuni Fetish Turtle by Felino Eriacho $250
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#32962 Zuni Fetish Dumhadona by Felino Eriacho $250
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#27799 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $300
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#33338 Zuni Fetish Mountain Lion by Felino Eriacho $300
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#33414 Zuni Fetish Wolf by Felino Eriacho $300
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#36781 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $300
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#32537 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $330
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#25805 Zuni Fetish Maiden by Felino Eriacho $350
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#36821 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $350
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#29946 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $360
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#37092 Zuni Fetish Maidens by Felino Eriacho $390
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#15630 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $400
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#20521 Zuni Fetish Bear by Felino Eriacho $400
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#25801 Zuni Fetish Maiden by Felino Eriacho $400
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#26321 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $400
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#25814 Zuni Fetish Maidens by Felino Eriacho $450
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#26326 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Felino Eriacho $735
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#27438 Zuni Fetish Maiden by Felino Eriacho $1200
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#26758 Zuni Fetish Kachina, Deer Dancer by Felino Eriacho $2000
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#26184 Zuni Fetish Bear by Jessica Eriacho $140
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#26182 Zuni Fetish Bear by Jessica Eriacho $150
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#27191 Zuni Fetish Bear by Jessica Eriacho Bobelu $64
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#20514 Zuni Fetish Bear by Jessica Eriacho Bobelu $200
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#36540 Zuni Fetish Fish, Sting Ray by Melvin Eriacho $300
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#38293 Zuni Fetish Bear by Melvin Eriacho $450
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#38294 Zuni Fetish Frog by Melvin Eriacho $500
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#34655 Zuni Fetish Bear by Melvin Eriacho $900
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#38497 Zuni Fetish Mountain Lion by Melvin Eriacho $1200
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#37922 Zuni Fetish Bear by Melvin Eriacho $2000
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#38158 Zuni Fetish Frog by Orin Eriacho $50
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#38265 Zuni Fetish Frog by Orin Eriacho $60
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#38433 Zuni Fetish Bear by Orin Eriacho $66
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#37443 Zuni Fetish Rattlesnake by Orin Eriacho $80
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#33340 Zuni Fetish Bear by Orin Eriacho $120
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#34002 Zuni Fetish Bear by Orin Eriacho $120
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#34738 Zuni Fetish Beaver by Orin Eriacho $120
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#37089 Zuni Fetish Bear by Orin Eriacho $120
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#1701 Zuni Fetish Bear by Orin Eriacho $130
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#34737 Zuni Fetish Beaver by Orin Eriacho $140
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#34752 Zuni Fetish Crystal Bear by Orin Eriacho $140
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#34825 Zuni Fetish Frog by Orin Eriacho $140
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#34740 Zuni Fetish Crystal Frog by Orin Eriacho $150
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#34819 Zuni Fetish Bear by Orin Eriacho $180
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#36337 Zuni Fetish Fish by Orin Eriacho $190
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#33695 Zuni Fetish Bear by Orin Eriacho $200
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#37103 Zuni Fetish Wolf by Orin Eriacho $200
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#27520 Zuni Fetish Bears by Orin Eriacho $240
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#29301 Zuni Fetish Beavers by Orin Eriacho $260
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#29721 Zuni Fetish Mountain Lion and Kitten by Orin Eriacho $280
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#27001 Zuni Fetish Bobcat by Orin Eriacho $300
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#29103 Zuni Fetish Bears by Orin Eriacho $300
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#33161 Zuni Fetish Crystal Bear, Large by Orin Eriacho $300
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#34739 Zuni Fetish Crystal Frog by Orin Eriacho $315
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#29583 Zuni Fetish Mountain Lion, Triple, Mother with Kittens by Orin Eriacho $320
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#29146 Zuni Fetish Mountain Lion, Double, Mother and Kitten by Orin Eriacho $340
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#36047 Zuni Fetish Bear by Orin Eriacho $400
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#26615 Zuni Fetish Mountain Lion by Orin Eriacho $450
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#26529 Zuni Fetish Bear, Large by Orin Eriacho $640
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#29589 Zuni Fetish Mountain Lion by Orin Eriacho $750
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#23758 Zuni Fetish Bear by Richard Epaloose $90
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#23756 Zuni Fetish Bear by Richard Epaloose $130
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