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Horse Fetish Necklace “Wind Spirit” by Robert Kaniatobe - C3794
Category: Jewelry | Posted by | Thu, Jul 21st 2016, 5:27pm
Robert Kaniatobe (1936-1998), Choctaw Tribe, was well known for making marvelous necklaces comprised of a multitude of materials. This one focuses on horses carved from buffalo bone.
This necklace consists of three strands of small white pearl-color beads, ancient (1,000-years old) hand carved agate and granite, clay, shell, bone, burinut, brass, copper and sterling silver. Also included are early (circa 1600s) glass and milk glass, ancient green lined glass and sandcast glass, and Picasso glass beads from the 1940s. The horses were carved from buffalo bone and have brass eyes. Each of the seven horses is detailed with carving on front and back.