THE FETISHES ARE HAND CARVED ANIMALS OR FORCES OF NATURE MADE OF VARIOUS STONES. FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES THE NATIVES USED FETISHES TO MASTER UNPREDICTABLE FORCES. THE ZUNIS CALL THEM AHLASHIWE. SOME MAY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE. THE ZUNI ARE MOST CLEVER AT CARVING THESE FETSHES AND SELL THEM TO THE TOURISTS OR USE THEM IN RITUALS. THEY MAY CAUSE GOOD LUCK IN HUNTING. INITIATIONS, CURING AN ILLNESS, FERTILITY, AND FOOD FERTILITY.
ZUNIS AND OTHER PREHISTORIC TRIBES COULD EITHER HELP OR HURT MAN. THEY BELIEVE THE ANIMAL FETISHES HELP OTHER OWNERS OVERCOME THEIR PROBLEMS. IN ZUNI GUARDIAN ANIMALS ARE IN THEIR KIVA RITES. MT LION - NORTH; BEAR-WEST, BADGER-SOUTH; EAGLE -SKY; MOLE-UNDERGROUND; WOLF -EAST.
THE MOLE FETISH PROTECTS FIELDS FROM RODENTS, FROG FETISHES ARE VALUED FOR FETILITY. MT LION PROVIDES OWNER , OVER POWER. WHEN A HUNT OCCURS THE FETISH WHICH GAVE THEM SUCESS ARE VALUED SUCCESS ARE ALLOWED THE FIRST CEREMONIAL FEEDING.
FETISHES MAY HAVE CORAL, TURQUOISE, OR AN ARROWHEAD TIED TO THE BACK OF OR SIDE OF FETISHES THAT HAVE A HEARTLINE REPRESENTS A TIME IN ZUNI MYTHOLOGY. WHEN ANIMALS DOMINATED. LIGHTENING IS ALSO REPRESENTED BY A LINE IN THE ANIMAL. THE LINE MAY GIVE THE STONE MEDICINAL POWER AS WELL.
ZUNI FETISHES ARE PLACED ON THE FAMILY ALTAR OR KEPT IN A HANDMADE POT WITH TURQOUISE. MINIATURE ZUNI FETISHES ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR ECONOMY AND HAVE CORAL, SHELL AND JET IN THE STONES.
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