Illuminating Dispatches Newsletter / zuni carving
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Illuminating Dispatches Newsletter - July 27: The Heartline
Read more →Exploring the Heartline: The Origin. One of the many delightful details that some Zuni fetishes may have is the heartline. This feature is often inlaid in turquoise or coral, and its meaning goes back to the creation of the first fetishes.The Zuni People (A:shiwi) say that their human ancestors emerged onto Earth after passing through the Levels of Emergence, which were a series of fourwet and chaotic underworlds. When they finally surfaced on this dry earth there were already powerful animals living here. These animals preyed upon the People, since they were naked and defenseless in this new world, and the People cried out to Great Spirit, the Creator of all,...