Zuni Rock (travertine) Turtle With Hatchling by Gayla Eriacho - Zuni Fetish

A Zuni rock travertine turtle with its baby hatchling perched on its back - a signature carving for Gayla Eriacho; the sister of Orin Eriacho. Both turtles have big round penn shell inlaid eyes and the hatchling has a Zuni quarried azurite,malachite & chrysocolla inlaid shell. Turtle medicine is to go with the flow, due to the turtle's proclivity to go with the current & symbolically represents mother earth. And animals carved with their offspring suggests in stone the strong bond that exists between the mother and the child. Artist: Gayla Eriacho (signed)Size: 2 in. long x 1-5/8 in. wide x 1-1/4 in. tall#59441 - Zuni Fetishes