VINTAGE Masterpiece 6 Shalako Kachina Carving by Felino Eriacho ZUNI PUEBLO

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VINTAGE Masterpiece 6 Shalako Kachina Carving by Felino Eriacho ZUNI PUEBLO:
$295.00

Payment | ShippingVINTAGE Masterpiece 6 Shalako Kachina Carving by Felino Eriacho ZUNI PUEBLO
A truly magnificent Shalako Group with incredible detail - a trademark of Zuni carver and feticsh maker FELINO ERIACHO with his carved signature on bottom of base; The whole standing 32 inches (!) tall not including a 2 inch base. This spectacular Eriacho masterpiece comes fresh from a vintage collection having been acquired some decades ago - a rare opportunity for the highly discriminating collector who covets a monumental piece by Eriacho who today is more likely to work in a considerably smaller scale on 4 to 5 in. shalakos or even smaller in his highly prized stone Zuni fetishes.

An elaborate grouping of 6 totemic like Shalako figures - said Shalakos being a big bird, carved by one of the best Zuni carvers, Felino Eriacho! Carved in cotton wood root and painted with organic colors hand made by Felino, this amazing group stands on a base measures an amazing 34 inches tall! The group carving has the detail that consistently wins blue ribbons for this renowned artist! The Shalako is the feathered bird that brings seeds and prayers for the new growing season around the winter equinox!

Felino EriachoFelino began carving in 1980 when he graduated from high school in Zuni. His earliest carvings were in antler - mostly owls and birds with beaks. He learned to carve from his grandfather, Andrew Weahkie, and from his uncles Roger Tsabatsaye and Will McKaye.

Felino spent his early summers herding family sheep alone in the mountains of the Zuni Reservation. It was there that he learned the lay of the land, the habits of the native animals, and where he could find native fluorite, azurite, and travertine.

In the mid 1980s, Felino studied mechanics at TVI and worked as a civilian at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque.

Felino moved back to Zuni permanently in 1987. He started carving Kachinas from cottonwood. He began carving fetishes from stone. He chose to use only stone found on the Zuni Reservation - native fluorite, azurite, travertine, and chert. In 2004 there was a large forest fire in the Zuni Mountains. The land was put off-limits to everyone including Zunis. Felino\'s source of azurite was unavailable and the last surface traces of this deposit disappeared. In 2008, Felino found another deposit of azurite. Thus it became possible to carve again in this stone.

Eriacho also guides bow-hunting trips in the Zuni Mountains. He is a registered, active professional hunting guide. He does little carving in the late summer and fall during hunting season.

Today, Felino is famous for fetishes carved from native stones and Kachinas carved from cottonwood. He sometimes overlays his fetishes with a thin mosaic of azurite and malachite. This mosaic is meant to represent the thin layers of malachite/azurite that were once found in the Zuni rock matrix on the Reservation. Today, these deposits have played out, so Felino has to use mosaic overlay in its place.

Felino is an exceptionally good teacher. He taught fetish carving to his wife, Shellie Jamon, his older brother Melvin, his daughter, Jessica, his cousin Orin Eriacho, and his friend Richard Epaloose. HOwever the most highly coveted carvings are by Felino Eriacho himself - and we are proud to offer this exceptional vintage carving.

A note on condition. The lowest Shalako lacks one protruding eye, while a total of two Shalakos lack their nose pieces. There also appears to have been a glue repair to the base of the left highest Shalako attaching it to the entire carving. We have scrutinized this carving carefully, but even so there may be another element(s) that were reattached with glue that we have not detected.

Please note - all details in this carving are in fact hand carved by master carver Felino Eriacho.

A truly magnificent piece with a tremendous presence that you will not be disappointed in viewing in person!

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