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Less than ten years ago a miner prospecting not far from Bakersfield, CA came across an ore vein the likes of which he had never seen before. So he extracted a few samples and had them assayed and could hardly believe what the assay report said -- the stones contained forest green malachite, cobalt blue lapis, green and blue green chrysocolla (chemically a close relative of turquoise), a little actual turquoise, cuprite, tenorite and purple sugilite which explains the high price of some of the stones and this weighs in at 2 ounces. Not every stone contained all of these minerals, but all of them were present in the ore vein. Such a magnificent mixture of semi- precious gem material in one ore vein deserves a classy name so the miner named this new stone Courtland - the alternative spelling is Cortland Plume. Courtland Plume stone is found only in California. It is a natural gemstone, a rare California turquoise distinguished by a preponderance of black matrix and a variety of colors. The Courtland Plume mine is actually a gold and silver mine which produces a small amount of this spectacular turquoise. Marnella has created a modern day rendition of an old style mountain lion that is a prey lion like those in the Frank Hamilton Cushing book ZUNI FETISHES. The eyes are inlaid of Sleeping Beauty turquoise and the offering bundle consists of a gold-lipped mother-of-pearl arrowhead with a turquoise bead and branch red coral tied with sinew. Done in the time honored Kucate-Sheche tradition, this gorgeous stone makes for a prize of an old style lion for your Zuni fetish collection.
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The Zuni Fetish Story
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Zuni Fetish Meanings
We've written this article to inform Zuni fetish collectors about the specific meanings and attributes of the more traditional Zuni fetish carvings.
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