Zuni Fetish Chrysocolla Mt Lion By Loren Tsalabutie

Description

Here is what I have to offer my dancing mountain lion I carved out of a beautiful piece of chrysocolla with a perfect blend of hematite. His eyes are inlaid coral. The stone was a bit of a shock for me I did not expect to see hematite throughout it made it much more difficult to carve from my normal experience working with chrysocolla. I wanted this guy to have movement with that classic mt lion face a call back to my dad's lions while having my own touch. I strayed away from making these guys with the more animated movement I noticed no reason to it it seems. He was fun carving and his expression shows that. His bling is out of coral and turquoise beads. He measures at  H 4 1/8 x W 1 3/8 x 2 3/8. Enjoy and thanks for looking!