Lena Boone (1946 - ) Lena Boone is the daughter of Edna Leki, who is believed to have been the first female fetish carver at Zuni, and the granddaughter of Teddy Weahkee. Weahkee became well known for a style of fetish carving that closely resembles historic Zuni forms. His descendants have carried on this tradition. Lena and her sister, Dinah Gasper, have established reputations as superior carvers, producing both freestanding fetishes and finely crafted fetish necklaces. Lena's daughter Evalina and son Leland are also carvers. Frog Fetish Lena Boone Glass, shell, coral, turquoise, sinew 2007 KMA 2007.53.01   Mole Fetish Lena Boone Shell, coral, turquoise, sinew 2007 KMA 2007.54.01   Lena Boone (Zuni) Mole Fetish Jasper 2006 3/4" x 3-7/8" KMA 2007.43.01C   Lena Boone (Zuni) Fetish Bowl Clay, turquoise, oyster shell 2006 5 x 8-3/4 KMA 2006.20.01 Directional Hunting Set Lena Boone, Rosalie Lunasee, Pete and Dinah Gasper Alabaster, Marble, Mother-of-pearl, coral, turquoise, Chrysoparse, serpentine, flourite, variscite, sugilite, pipestone, Zuni stone, Various Dimensions 2007 KMA 2007.43.01   Links: http://www.zunilink.com/Lena_Boone_Zuni_Fetish_Carvings_one.htm http://www.amerindianarts.us/lena-boone.shtml http://www.sedonawolf.com/Fetish/LenaB/LenaB.htm Sources: American Indian Art Magazine (Summer1996): 81; (Winter 1997): 97; (Spring 1998): 87. Bell, Ed and Barbara. Zuni: The Art and the People, vol. 3. Dallas, Tex.: Taylor Publishing Co., 1976. p20-21. Cirillo, Dexter. Southwestern Indian Jewelry. New York: Abbeville Press, 1992. p54, 56, 231, 233-34. Indian Trader (Feb. 1996): 13. Indian Trader (Feb. 1997): 12. Indian Trader (Jun. 1999): 20. McFadden, David Revere and Elle Napiura Taubman, eds. Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 1: Contemporary Native American Art from the Southwest. London: .....Merrell Publishers Limited, in association with American Craft Museum, 2002, p. 138. McManis, Kent. A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings. Tucson, Ariz.: Treasure Chest Books, 1995, p. 17, 36. McManis, Kent. A Guide to Zuni Fetishes and Carvings, Volume II: The Materials & the Carvers. Tucson: Treasure Chest Books, 1998, p. 9, 22, 24, 32. McManis, Kent. Zuni Fetish Carvers: The Mid-Century Masters. Santa Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2003, p. 18. McManis, Kent. Zuni Fetish Carvers of the 1970s: A Bridge from Past to Present. Santa Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, 2006, p. 22-25, 36, 70-72. McManis, Kent. Zuni Fetishes and Carvings, one-volume, expanded edition. Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2004, p. 20, 41, 55, 59, 61, 63, 78, 79, 82. Ostler, James, Marian Rodee, and Milford Nahohai. Zuni: A Village of Silversmiths. Zuni, N.Mex.: Zuni A:shiwi Publishing, 1996. p24. Schaaf, Gregory. American Indian Jewelry I: 1,200 Artist Biographies. Santa Fe, N.Mex.:CIAC Press, 2003. p92. SWAIA Quarterly (Fall 1982): 9-10. Southwest Art (Feb. 1993): 106. Wright, Barton. Hallmarks of the Southwest. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2000. p211, 265.