Carved Stone Fetishes and Their Meanings
Native American fetishes are hand-carved objects, believed to represent the spirits of animals or the forces of nature. For thousands of years, Native Americans have used fetishes in an effort to master the arbitrary and unpredictable forces beyond their... Read more
Mata Ortiz Pottery
Casas Grandes (Paquime/Mata Ortiz) is a prehistoric archaeological ruin in Chihuahua, Mexico, whose pottery tradition was revived by well-known ceramic artist Juan Quezada. In the early 1970’s, a Mexican railroad worker named Juan Quezada... Read more