Lavina Tsikewa Kaskalla ( 1938 - ) and Leonard Kaskalla (1938 -
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of Mary and David Tsikewa, sister of Edna Leki, and granddaughter
of Teddy Weahkee, Lavina Kaskala collaborates with her husband Leonard.
In the early 1960s, Lavina and Leonard made channel inlay jewelry,
and they started carving fetishes in the early 1970s.
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Lavina
Kaskalla (Zuni)
Mountain Lion Fetish
Picasso marble
2006
1-5/8" x 3-3/8"
KMA 2006.18.01 |
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Links:
http://www.penfieldgallery.com/jewelry/Tsikewa.shtml
http://www.galleryofthesouthwest.com/htmlsite/catalog3.asp?pid=470
http://www.indiansummer.com/fetish10.htm |
Sources:
Bell, Ed and Barbara. Zuni: The Art and the People vol.1. Dallas,
Tex.: Taylor Publishing Co., 1975, p. 24.
McManis, Kent. Zuni Fetishes and Carvings, one-volume, expanded edition.
Tucson: Rio Nuevo Publishers, 2004, p. 76, 80, 82.
McManis, Kent and Laurie. Zuni Fetish Carvers of the 1970s: A Bridge
from Past to Present. Samta Fe: Wheelwright Museum of the American
Indian, 2006, p. 34.
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