Deer/Elk
We have watched his carving become more finished with each issuance.
Salvador Romero Cochiti found stone elk fetish carving. 2 1/2"x 5 1/2" x 1" #CS719
$169.00
An elk is defined by his antler rack. It is his crowning glory. Salvador Romero bestowed this Cochiti elk fetish carving with one to be proud of. The entire beast emerged from a chunk of found stone located by Cochiti Pueblo carver Salvador Romero, whose carving released the spirit of the elk within.
ZuniLink acquired this outstanding work of Native American fetish carving directly from Salvador Romero, who we have known and worked with for a decade or longer.
We have watched his carving become more finished with each issuance.
ZuniLink will ship this elk FREE to any address in the 48 mainland United States.
We also will guarantee your satisfaction with your purchase if you buy it. If, after you have received it and examined it in person, you are unhappy with it for any reason, we will refund your purchase price in full,
Please let us know within 10 days so we can get to it before the “porch pirates” and return it in the same condition it was in when you received it. 2 1/2” x 5 1/2” x 1” #CS719
Additional Info
What’s the difference between Cochiti carvers and Zuni carvers? One is that Zuni carvers carve in a more traditional cultural environment. They carve mostly using materials that are in the gemstone category, which they acquire from lapidary vendors. Although it is true that Zuni carvers venture into materials mimic gemstones, such as calsilica, glass, bowling wall waste and “Fordite”. The latter is a material that was harvested from the rails of automotive manufacturing factories. It builds up over the continuing passage of vehicles through the painting stage. Every vehicle drips a different color onto the rails as the next vehicle moves through the post painting curing process.. This build-up of colors eventually petrifies/calcifies into a mosaic of color. The color deposits are not planned with respect to their eventual application as carving materials. They are multicolored as a side effect of their primary purposes. Contemporary bowling balls, as every bowler knows, are molded of variegated colored resins, then cured to withstand repeated blows from reluctant standing pins. When a bowling ball has been battered beyond its usefulness, it is released to carvers, who can carve any variety of subjects with flamboyant color combinations.
Cochiti carvers, on the other hand, do not usually carve commercial materials. Rather, they find natural stones that have migrated to their pueblo vicinities and carve them to reveal the animal’s spirit. Two of the most active Cochiti carvers today are Salvador Romero and his brother, Wilson Romero, plus other Cochiti Pueblo artists.
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