Zuni Carved Corn Maiden Fetish

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Zuni Carved Corn Maiden Fetish by Claudia Peina

This beautiful Zuni Corn Maiden, complete with her hair in butterfly whorls, was carved from turquoise with coral accents by Zuni fetish carver Claudia Peina. A fabulous piece of artwork by this carver. Just as a mother nurtures her newborn, the Corn Maiden is honored for nurturing her people with the flesh of her body, the sweet corn.