Bear Fetish Carving
by Herbert Halate, Zuni Pueblo
cedar wood, turquoise
2 1/2” high x 3 1/2” long x 1” wide
Herbert Halate is a Zuni Pueblo carver who creates stylish and sleek carvings. He has been carving fetishes for more than 20 years. His style is abstract, with large, smooth carvings of heavy, stylized bears and animals. Herbert is the son of Leonard Halate who died in 2001, and carved folk art-like fetishes starting in the 1960s.
