Zuni Howard Leekela \"Book Piece\" Mosaic Inlay Dot Inlay Butterfly Pin 1930s-40s
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Zuni Howard Leekela \"Book Piece\" Mosaic Inlay Dot Inlay Butterfly Pin 1930s-40s :
$289.00
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Howard Leekela has been confirmed as the artist who made these butterflies, by Ernie Bulow who has been interviewing the families. They were incorrectly attributed by me as by Lambert Homer and more recently incorrectly attributed to Julalita Lamy in the Sei disaster of a book called \"Figural Designs in Zuni Jewelry\" where he devotes several pages to these butterflies and misspells Julalita\'s name as being Juralita, attributing all these butterflies to her. Why he did this he doesn\'t say, but he was wrong. All these, except for the black ones, were made by Howard Leekela and the black ones also were not made by Julalita Lamy. All the black ones were made by Catherine Leekela, Howard\'s wife, except for the black one on page 20 of the book \"Figural Designs in Zuni Jewelry\" which was made by another Leekela family member. Well, Sei seems to take his attributions from thin air and it\'s important to validate them even if he does not. I wish he\'d publish corrections but he does not.
This butterfly pin is quite lovely, using a combination of serrated bezel set stones in stone to stone inlay the center for the body of the butterfly and mosaic dot inlay on the wings. The center has jet and turquoise and the wings are mother of pearl with turquoise dot inlay. Very different. The silver work is excellent with nice stamping on the antenna and twisted wire framing the body and six raindrops. All the silver work is expertly executed and the aesthetic sense is superb. It\'s hard to see in the pictures but the mother of pearl really glows. Great depth and chatoyancy. You\'ll be surprised at the quality of this pin; nothing I could say will prepare you for the elegance of this piece. It\'s lovely for your collection and to be worn and enjoy. I\'m also offering a matching ring separately and I\'ve included a picture of it above.
The dimensions of the pin are 1-9/16\" (3.97 cm) by 1-3/8\"(3.49 cm) . The weight is 6 grams.
This is an older piece with fine inlay workmanship. Dot inlay is difficult and the turquoise dot inlay into the mother of pearl to decorate the wings is rare. I found a matching set with a pin and clip-on earrings available elsewhere for much higher pricing. The fact the earrings are clip-ons is an indication of the age of these. I have some pieces waiting to be listed and I\'ll list them soon. Howard Leekela was the brother of Neva Cellicion and Marrietta Soseah. This is an accomplished family in Zuni artistry. It\'s quite a great opportunity for collectors to have one of his pieces of this type. This pin is a great treat. Like a hot fudge sundae of delight.
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Zuni Howard Leekela \"Book Piece\" Mosaic Inlay Dot Inlay Butterfly Pin 1930s-40s :
$289.00