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F480 Horse Fetish
Zebra marble Horse fetish by Zuni carver Emery Boone. The 2 1/2” x 1” x 1/2” horse has turquoise eyes and a medicine bundle.
Horses are seen as symbols of freedom and independence symbolizing speed and strength. The Zuni believe the horse has healing powers..
The Boone family consists of several generations of carvers. Most of the Boones work in a traditional style with simple lines. Emery Boone is a Zuni fetish carver from Zuni Pueblo, N.M. His fetishes are often adorned with turquoise dot inlay.
About the artist
Emery Boone
Emery Boone carves a variety of images including buffaloes, bears, frogs, coyotes, wolves, horses and mountain lions, basically the traditionally carved fetishes. His materials are either pipestone or jet. What makes Emery’s work stand out is the inlay. Often both sides have inlay, even on small pieces.
Emery’s mother Socorro is the younger sister of deceased, well-known carver, Emerson Quam. Emery Boone, born in 1965, learned by watching his mother and Emerson and his large family. He is first cousin to Emerson and Rosalia, eight children (all of whom carved) and indirectly related to Rosalia’s carving nieces and nephews – Colvin and Claudia Peina and Troy and Gabe Sice.
Kelly, Emery’s son, has begun to carve and is making interesting ravens and eagles, under the guidance of his father.
Emery currently lives with his elderly uncle, Juan Quam, on the family compound, north of the main plaza.
