Bushytails Bundled in Love

These two bushytails by Cheryl Beyuka are wrapped up in their love.  She carved them from serpentine and inlaid jet eyes.  The small one has a gray face and ears, a natural part of the stone.  They are bundled together with three beads of green turquoise.  Their attitude seems to be one of blissful calmness.

Size: .75" H x 2.5" L x .75" W

Wolves, coyotes, and foxes all look the same in the distance.  In Zuni there is a word that translates into "bushytail" in English.  You get to determine what this carving looks like to you!  Foxes, wolves and coyotes all mate for life.  These life-long loves come with a card detailing the meaning of them being bound together. 

Traditionally, Zuni carvings are symbolically fed cornmeal.   Each Zuni fetish comes in a box with a descriptive card and a tiny bit of corn meal to tide them over until they reach you.