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New Posting - Zunispirits.com

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:22:00 +0000

Hello from East Texas!

We'll try to be brief but there's lots to tell! This will (hopefully) be the last posting from this blog. Darlene has been trying for months to design and move everything to a newly designed website. And we plan to have it go live soon.

No worries - you'll still find us at Zunispirits.com. But if you want to take a peek at how we'll look in the future, Check out Zunispiritstx.com. It's a wordpress site and easier for us to maintain and has less 'old school baggage'. Once we've got everything working properly, we'll eliminate the secondary account and be solely functional at Zunispirits.com.

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Facebook Screenshot

We want you all to know that we're also on Instagram and Facebook. So, while we may start an updated blog to keep you appraised of new items, we hope you'll follow us on Instagram and like our page on Facebook. Darlene also has a Zuni Spirits Pinterest board, and her art website is DarleneMeaderRiggs.com.

Darlene's Website Screenshot

Whew! Remember when life used to be simple with LESS technology? HA!

So, Darlene has updated the Zunispirits.com website today with some new items! There's standing bear by Miguel Haloo (d.) (a member of the George CheeChee Haloo family), works by Hubert Pincion, Maxx Laate, a gorgeous black coral frog by Lena Boone, Daniel Chattin and two master carver pieces, one by Lance Cheama and another lifetime acquisition piece by Staley Natewa (d.).

Lena Boone | Black Coral | Frog

Lance Cheama | Picasso marble | Dir Set

Staley Natewa (d.) | Picasso marble Eagle & Pueblo

We hope you'll click on over and take a look. We also have a sale section and we're adding to that in the next week or so.

Darlene and I send our best wishes for a great ending to summer of 2019. We're baking in Texas, as usual, but we had an abundance of rain earlier in the year, so things aren't quite parched just yet.

Thanks for hanging in there with us all these years. As we get the new site completed we are planning to relinquish some of our personal collection pieces to new homes, so stay tuned for that.

All best wishes,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

08.13.2018 .... Additions to Zunispirits.com

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 21:23:00 +0000

Hello and Happy Monday!

I've just completed adding these ten items (all clickable links) to Zunispirits.com.:

Herbert Him Ricolite Turtle

Jayne Quam Phosphosiderite Inlaid Turtle

Kateri Sanchez Labradorite Owl

Loren Tsalabutie Magnesite Hematite Frog

Pete (d.) and Dinah Gasper Serpentine Frog

Reynold Lunasee Ricolite Fish

Staley Natewa (d.) Picasso marble Horned lizard

Staley Natewa (d.) Augite Frog

Wilfred Cheama, Picasso marble Bobcat

Albert Eustace Colorado White Marble Large Bear

We hope you'll zip on over to the website to view these and all the other beautiful things we are currently offering at Zunispirits.com. We hope to get a few more new items on before the end of the month.

Please email us with any questions you might have. Orders should be sent to zunispirits@yahoo.com. Remember you may complete your purchase entirely online, paying via our invoice on Paypal.com. We'll send you a tracking number as soon as your parcel ships via USPS. Thanks so much for reading this!

Have a great evening! Come see us on Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram!

Dave & Darlene
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits
darlene@darlenemeaderriggs.com

8.7.18 ||| More new beauties at Zunispirits.com!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 16:25:00 +0000

Happy Tuesday!

Many thanks to all of you who reached out after my last email. It's so good to see your familiar "faces" in my inbox! For so many years (more than we'd like to admit!) so many of you have been faithful friends to Dave and I.

And to answer your questions, yes, the past eight years have been a rough patch! I wasn't prepared for the aftereffects of cancer treatment and naively thought I would bounce back immediately after chemo, surgery & radiation. But the side effects of prevention meds are a whole other nasty can of worms. And the seemingly endless biopsy scares always knocked my "I'm well" confidence back to a new low. But the upside of ALL of that is that I am STILL HERE, STILL CANCER FREE and finally seem to recently regained the lost parts of myself. So, thanks for your prayers, well wishes and concern.

MOVING ON! We've been working hard to restore the "OOMPH" to Zuni Spirits and there are lots of good things coming up. In the last week or so we've added a variety of carvings to the site and here are just a few images of what's new @ Zunispirits.com .

Milton Honawa
Picasso Marble
Bear

Lena Boone
Red slag glass
Bird

Bill Tsikewa (d.)
Onyx
Bear

Staley Natewa, (d.)
Picasso marble
Lizard

Stuart Quandelacy
Mother of pearl
Cornmaiden Necklace (Double sided)

Staley Natewa (d.)
Picasso marble
Horned lizard on Pueblo

In other news, I recently entered three pieces in a juried show and all three were accepted! So Dave and I will be heading out west in October for the WesternTrappings show on the Llano river. Here are my entries:

Siwolo, Embellished Buffalo Skull

High Hopes, Oil

Clancy's Pride, Watercolor
(Sorry about the reflection!)

Thanks for taking the time to read this .. and thanks for your continued support of Zunispirits.com. If you haven't stopped by in a while, please do!

All best wishes!

Dave & Darlene
david@zunispirits.com
darlene@darlenemeaderriggs.com
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DarleneMeaderRiggs.com

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 15:40:00 +0000

Greetings from Zunispirits!

It's been a long, long time since you've heard from me (Darlene), but I wanted to let you know that after eight years and lots of ups and downs, I am back at work at Zunispirits.com.

I will continue to pursue my painting, but will devote a portion of each day to promoting the artisans of Zuni and perpetuating the love of Zuni fetish carvings here on Zunispirits.com.

Dave will continue to be responsible for photography, ordering, communication, invoicing and shipping. I will be doing all the website updates and social media. Hardly a full plate, but with my other passions, something I should be able to maintain, even with my "new normal".

We will continue to offer site update notices here, but the majority of our posting will be on our Facebook page, Pinterest and on Instagram. So we hope that you'll like/follow us on those venues.

We did a small update to site last week and I will have another, small but potent offering ready next week. Ricky Laahty, Thelma & Aaron Sheche, Lena Boone, Maxx Laate, Herbert Him and Milton Honawa among them.

Dave and I are grateful for all of you who hung in there with us when our priorities were so far from the business at hand. Cancer was definitely a life changer .. but not always in a bad way. We now know that we're tougher than we imagined and have been gifted with faithful friends who truly care.

All best wishes,

Darlene

Dave & Darlene
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Site update: Nieto, Natewa, L. Cheama, S. Quandelacy & MORE!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 22:27:00 +0000

Greetings all!

Dave and I hope this finds you all healthy and happy. Life, here on The Dirt Road, is pretty good.

It's starting to look a little bit like fall.

We have been working hard to get all these lovely carvings on the site in time for your holiday shopping. We are planning two more postings this month, and maybe three if our spunk holds out!

Here's what's coming up on Saturday, Nov. 5 at noon:

Zunispirits.com

There are pieces by Vern Nieto, Staley Natewa (d.), Pernell Laate (d.), Herbert Him, Lance Cheama, Wilfred Cheama, Michael Coble, Lynn Quam, Jayne Quam, Lena Boone, Stewart Quandelacy, Vernon Lunasee & Prudencia Quam and Albert Eustace. We hope you'll tune in! Thanks for taking a look and have a great weekend!

Dave & Darlene
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Site Update: Zunispirits.com (Natewa, Cheama, Honawa, Delena .. etc.)

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 22:40:00 +0000

We have been given the opportunity to share with all of you an estate collection that is being liquidated. Over the coming weeks we will be sharing some of the finest examples of Zuni craftsmanship that we have ever seen. Most of these carvings were collected more than twenty years ago.

Friday, October 21, we will list a few of these, along with a variety of other beautiful carvings.

Zunispirits.com

We urge all of you serious collectors to keep a close watch on our site between now and the holidays. You'll be glad you did.

Dave and I are grateful for your continued support of Zunispirits.com and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

All best wishes,

Dave & Darlene
david@zunispirits.com
darlene@zunispirits.com
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Lions and Foxes and Bears .. oh my!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 18:33:00 +0000

Added this beauties to Zunispirits.com yesterday!
Hope you'll tune it to see these, up close & personal, along
with all the other beautiful carvings
currently available at
ZUNISPIRITS.COM

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Site update! Tomorrow, 9/20, 7 PM - Zunispirits.com

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Mon, 19 Sep 2016 18:55:00 +0000

Dear Zuni Fetish People!

Just a quick update to let you know I'm adding new inventory to Zunispirits.com tomorrow, 9/21 at 7PM.

Zunispirits.com
Your source for fine Zuni fetish carvings!

There are carvings by Lena Boone, Anthony Mecale, Hubert Pincion, Lance Cheama, Vernon Lunasee & Prudencia Quam, Emery Boone and others. Turquoise, jet, Cortez gold, dolomite and gold-lipped Mother of pearl and other beautiful stones in this selection. Hope you'll tune in!

This will be my last "solo" posting as I've convinced Darlene to rejoin the Zuni Spirits team. She is still pursuing her art, but will be participating more in creative aspect of Zuni Spirits from here on out.

We are excited about the future! Her health remains stable and we have been given an excellent opportunity to share some fabulous, older and high end carvings with you in the near future so we hope you'll stick around for that!

We appreciate your patronage!

Best always,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Site Update | Wed., 8/24, 7 PM | NEW INVENTORY!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:34:00 +0000

Greetings Zuni Art Collectors:

Just a quick note to let you know that new inventory will be added to Zunispirits.com on Wednesday, August 24th at 7 PM Texas time.

There will be pieces by Lena Boone, Ruben Najera, Andres Quandelacy, Maxx Laate, Vernon Lunasee & Prudencia Quam, Lynn Quam, Marilyn Quam, Karen Zunie, Pete (d. ) and Dinah Gasper and others. Really nice showing ... here's a teaser pic!

Thanks for looking and hope to hear from you soon!

All best wishes,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Summer site update! New carvings @ Zunispirits.com

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:57:00 +0000

Greetings and Salutations!

It is my fondest wish that this finds you well and happy. We are in the throes of summer, here in Texas, so "hot as blazes" aptly describes the world outside our air conditioned walls!

I just wanted to give you a heads up that I am posting new inventory to Zunispirits.com on Thursday, July 21 at 7 PM, central. This posting includes fetish carvings by Andres Quandelacy, Debra Gasper, Lena Boone, Lynn Quam, Florentino Martinez, Wilfred Cheama, Maxx Laate and others. There are bears, badgers, roses, eagles and mountain lions, to name a few. And the stones include alabaster, turquoise, orthoceras marble, jet, alunite selenite, fossil ivory and pipestone.

Here's a peek:

Zunispirits.com

Hope you enjoy this posting of fabulous Zuni fetishes from the talented artisans of Zuni Pueblo.

All best wishes!

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Hot Fun In The Summertime! New Inventory!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 01:20:00 +0000

Hello everyone,

I hope this note finds you well and happy and looking forward to a fun summer.

I will be posting a nice selection of new carvings to Zunispirits.com on Thursday (June 9) evening at 7 PM.

Included in this showing are carvings by: Hubert Pincion, Lena Boone, Vernon Lunasee & Prudencia Quam, Destry Suitza, Emery Boone, Maxx Laate, Randy Lucio, an early carving by Daniel Chattin, Andrew & Laura Quam, Lynn Quam, Pete (d.) and Dinah Gasper, Hudson Sandy, and Albert Eustace.

Click here to visitZunispirits.com - Fine Zuni Fetish Carvings

There are bears, frogs, eagles, buffalo, corn maidens, horses - a SABER toothed tiger - and even an alligator. Lots of creativity in this selection! Stones include turquoise, marble, jasper, Petosky stone, gold-lipped Mother of pearl, antler, jet, Montana Talc and Cortez Gold.

I hope you'll tune in and we look forward to hearing from you!

All the best,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Site update! Zunispirits.com - April 22, @ Noon!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 02:07:00 +0000

Hello from soggy Texas!

While our neighbors to the south and west experienced terrible flooding this week, we remain high and dry here on our sand hill in east Texas and for that, we're grateful! Thanks to those who wrote or called to ask about us!

Just a brief note here to let you know that I am posting new Zuni fetishes to Zunispirits.com on Friday (4/22) at noon. Included in this selection will be carvings by Francis Leekya (d.), Troy Sice, Ruben Najera, Bill Tsikewa, Sr., Vernon Lunasee & Prudencia Quam, Neil Natewa, Sr. (d.), Rickson Kalestewa, Terry Banteah (d.), Hubert Pincion, Pete (d.) and Dinah Gasper and Delvin Leekya.

There are frogs, mountain lions, rams, horses and more in this offering. Pipestone, Mother of Pearl, turquoise, dolomite, fossil ivory, malachite, Picasso marble and other stones included. I hope you'll visit us this weekend to see them.

You may email your order from the site (links on each page) and we accept Paypal payments online. Your order will be packed and shipped nearly always within 24 hours of payment receipt.

Thanks for your continued interest and we hope to see you soon!

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Site update - 3/23/16 at noon

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 15:13:00 +0000

Greetings! Just a quick heads up that I am adding ten new pieces to Zunispirits.com on Wednesday (Mar. 23) at noon. Jayne Quam, Dinah Gasper, Hudson Sandy, Stephen Natachu, Albert Eustace, Vernon Lunasee and Prudencia Quam round out this small, but wonderful, posting. Hope you'll tune in.

Many thanks!

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Zunispirits Site UPDATE!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 22:41:00 +0000

Greetings from stormy Texas!

It's hard to believe that windy March is already upon us .. and here in Texas, along with the rather typical threat of flooding, hail and tornados! The price we pay for having bluebonnets and longhorns for neighbors, I guess.

I hope you and yours are well and looking forward to a change in the seasons. Darlene has been practicing "catch and release" with the wild violets she finds in the woods and then relocates them to her flower beds. It really doesn't take much to make her happy. Another of her paintings was awarded recognition at two shows recently. If you haven't visited her website, DarleneMeaderRiggs.com, you should check it out. I've attached a few links at the bottom of this page.

I've been busy, too, and have the first March posting of new Zuni fetishes ready for your inspection on Tuesday (3.8) at noon. There are carvings from Lena Boone, Claudia Peina, Max Laate and LOTS of Quams: Vernon Lunasee & Prudencia, Georgette, Melissa and Lynn. Esteban Najera, Justin Red Elk and Pete & Dinah Gasper round it out.

You'll find carvings in antler, fish rock (also known as chocolate serpentine), turrquoise, abalone, alunite, jet, angelite and a "found" stone. (I always LOVE those!)

And there are frogs, owls, bears, fox, buffalo, eagle, badger - a dove and even a hornet! Here's a sneak peek:

Thanks for your interest and I hope to hear from you soon.

All best wishes,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Here are a few of Darlene's latest works:

Robbies Wren

Divine Light

Late Summer, Houston County

More beauties coming soon - Zunispirits.com!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 17:53:00 +0000

Thanks for tuning in! Just a brief head's up that I'll be posting 17 new and beautiful Zuni fetishes to Zunispirits.com on Thursday (2.18) at 7 PM, central.

There are carvings by Lena Boone, Claudia Peina, Lynn Quam, Vernon Lunasee & Prudencia Quam, Albert Eustace, Pete & Dinah Gasper, Hubert Pincion and more. You'll find all the colors of the rainbow in carvings of turquoise, antler, serpentine, various marbles, jet, dolomite and lapis.

Price range on this selection is from $24. to $395.

I hope you'll tune in!

Darlene asked me to invite you to view her website. She's included in another local show and has been fortunate to receive recognition in a couple of online gallery shows recently. I'm really proud of her and grateful she's doing so well, healthwise, too. She has an email list, so sign up for her updates!

A few of Darlene's paintings

Thanks for reading this and all best wishes!

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Happy Super Bowl! Happy Valentine's Day! Happy Weekend!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 17:00:00 +0000

I hope everybody is having a good weekend so far. We're seeing the first possibilities of spring here in east Texas. Darlene says the bluebonnet patch is greening up and I noticed that the tulip trees in beautiful, downtown Palestine are all in bloom.

We're taking the weekend off to enjoy the sunshine but before we do, I wanted to let you know that I'm posting 17 new Zuni fetish carvings to Zunispirits on Monday at noon (Texas time). There are carvings from Lena Boone, Hubert Pincion, Ruben Najera, Jayne Quam, Claudia Peina, Lynn Quam, Andres Quandelacy and more. This selection includes denim lapis, antler, fossil ivory, jet and alunite just for starters!

Here's a sneak peek:
Lynn Quam Alunite Buffalo, Claudia Peina Antler Bear and
V. Lunasee and P. Quam Dolomite Medicine Bear

I hope you'll tune in. Have a great weekend and go BRONCOS!

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

First posting of Twenty SIXTEEN!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 01:50:00 +0000

Greetings and Salutations from Texas!

I hope your New Year is off to a great start and that life is being kind to you all.

I'm looking forward to another year of sharing the talents of the amazing carvers of Zuni. I've updated the site just now -- with fetishes by Maxx Laate, Claudia Peina, Pete & Dinah Gasper, Justin Red Elk, Cheryl Beyuka and more. There are some killer stones in this selection and beautiful, innovative carvings.

Here's a peek, but come on by and shop the site!

Zunispirits.com

Thanks for taking a look and I hope to hear from you soon.

All best wishes,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Thanksgiving and a site update!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 01:35:00 +0000

Well, hard as it is to believe, it's the week before Thanksgiving. Another year is winding down. Darlene and I wish you all the best of Thanksgiving holidays! We're grateful and proud to have healthy kids and grandkids. Darlene continues to get good reports so we are doing well healthwise. We still love living in the country so we have LOTS to be thankful for!

I'll be posting a beautiful selection of fetishes on Saturday, Nov. 21 at 7 PM in the evening. Among these are some real treasures. I was fortunate to recently acquire a Neil Natewa piece that is stunning and a wonderful double fetish by Aaron and Thelma Sheche.

In addition, there are these beautiful contemporary carvings and they are just a few of the bunch I'll be posting.

L - R Top: Hubert Pincion, Lena Boone
Bottom: Ronnie Lunasee, Lynn Quam

So I hope you will tune in to see the new things. We also have a small inventory of hard cover books just in time for gift giving. If you'd like to see what Darlene's been up to, visit her website here, and sign up for her newsletters. I'm sure she'd love to hear from you!

darlenemeaderriggs.com

Thanks for looking and from our family to yours,
Happy Thanksgiving!

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Of note ..

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 19:29:00 +0000

Just a brief head's up about an upcoming treasure. I have a single strand Mother of pearl bird necklace carved by the late Leonard Halate that I'll be posting Wednesday (11/11/15) at 7PM.

Leonard was best known later in his life for his dinosaur carvings and for utilizing found objects (combs, pieces of plastic) as part of his artistic creations. It's been said (and I don't know if it is true or not) that Whoopi Goldberg collected his work before he passed away.

We have another Halate necklace currently on the site, a double strand. It's quite an amazing thing for a serious collector to be able to add pieces of this magnitude to a collection. While the contemporary carvers are faithful to tradition and equally talented to their ancestral forefathers, there's a lot to be said for the old time way of doing things. Just holding these old timer treasures in your hands is a gift and privilege.

I've recently acquired some wonderful new things that will be showing up on the site between now and Christmas. We also have a small supply of the hard cover copy of our book, just in time for gift giving. We hope you'll keep us in mind when the Christmas Spirit comes knocking.

Darlene and I send you our best wishes, as always.

God bless!

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Award Winner Troy Sice | Estate Sale Find

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:19:00 +0000

Hello friends,

One of the things that I love (and there are many!) about being in this business is that we never know what treasure might land on our doorstep.

I was recently contacted by a man who had a very special carving that he had purchased at an estate sale in Tucson. He sent pictures and asked Zuni Spirits to represent this piece for him on our website.

The pictures were astounding but when the piece arrived I was unprepared for just how amazing it was. Carved from elk antler, this knifewing measures just under 18" long. It is spectacularly carved, burnished for additional detail and inlaid with the finest in natural materials.

Troy Sice has been winning awards consistently for some time now, and just this past August he won "Best of Class" at the Sante Fe Indian Market with these two carvings:

Troy Sice
Best of Class
SWAIA - Santa Fe Indian Market, 2015

On Thursday, Oct. 15th, at 7 PM, I'll be updating the Zuni Spirits website with this most remarkable treasure. In talking with Troy this past week, we've learned that this piece was carved in 2005 for the retail market. Somehow, it got from either Gallup or Albuquerque and then, ten years later, ended up in an estate sale in Tucson.

I am not exaggerating when I tell you that it is, hands down, one of the finest carvings we've had the opportunity to share with you. I hope you'll tune in on Thursday to see this spectacular piece of Zuni art.

Here are just a couple of photos to whet your appetite!

I hope that you will tune in on Thurs to see this remarkable piece of Zuni art! Till then, always ..

All best wishes,

Dave

david@zunispirits.com

Zuni Spirits

Site update - Wednesday, 9.9 @ Noon

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:43:00 +0000

Dear Zuni Fetish Collectors,

American Beauty Berries
Photo by Darlene

As hard as it is to believe, we have yet another summer almost behind us. The trees are starting to drop their leaves, the hummingbirds are moving south and school has started for most of the kids. We'll be "fa-la-la-ing" to Christmas carols before you know it!

A sure sign of getting older is knowing, beyond a doubt, that time is flying by! Case in point, all of the carvings in the upcoming selection are consigned to us by a long time collector who is downsizing. Many of these carvings are more than ten years old, and some are from the 1990's. That seems like yesterday! In fact, Darlene and I started collecting in the mid-1990's ourselves. Not long after, on our first trip to Zuni, we became so enamored with all things Zuni, the only LOGICAL thing to do was to become a trader! And here we are .. almost twenty years later.

The talented folks of Zuni have given us so much joy and pleasure both with their artwork and with their gracious hospitality. If you haven't made the trip, don't miss an opportunity to visit this magical place.

Unknown carver - black marble mountain lion
Frank Nieto - alabaster bear
Hayes Leekya - Zuni rock sheep

I'll be posting fourteen consigned pieces on Wednesday (Sept. 9) at noon. I hope you'll stop by to find something you love.

Till then, keep smiling (it makes folks wonder what you've been up to!)

All best wishes,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Beauties For Sale - New posting at Zunispirits.com!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:22:00 +0000

Dear Zuni Fetish Collector:

The upcoming posting is filled with true Zuni treasures. The variety of carvings, carver's and stones makes this one of my favorite postings in a while. I hope you'll think so, too!

L - R:
Ricky Laahty | Norman Cooeyate & Jacqueline Ghahate | Lena Boone
Charles Martinez, Jr., Stewart Quandelacy, Lynn Quam

I'll be posting these fetishes along with more really special carvings on Tuesday evening (8.11) at 7 PM, Central time. I hope you'll come by for a visit.

In other news, Darlene has had two paintings accepted to a show in Llano next month and she's really excited about that. If you haven't visited her website, you should go and check it out!

We hope you're having a pleasant summer. It's almost back-to-school time and before you know it, it will be time to Christmas shop. We have a new shipment in of our book, so you might consider giving a signed copy to a Zuni fetish collector near you.

All best wishes - all the time!

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

SALE! Zunispirits.com

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:37:00 +0000

Greetings Fellow Zuni Fetish Collectors!

Just a quick note to let you know that we have marked down a significant number of beautiful carvings on Zunispirits.com. Just click the link and the scroll down until you see the sale section.

You'll find carvings by: Ronnie Lunasee, Randy Lucio, Marilyn Quam, Brian Yatsattie, Willard Laate, Eldred Quam, Robert Michael Weahkee, Josh Leki, Ron Laahty, Bernard Homer, Jr., Hayes Leekya, Clissa Martin & more. Visit Zunispirits.com today!

I'd like to invite you also to visit Darlene's site. She's entered several shows this summer and took best of show with her first entry, early this spring. You can email her directly at darlene@darlenemeaderriggs.com.

DarleneMeaderRiggs.com

She continues to do well after breast cancer and slowly, but surely, her strength has returned. While still a patient at M. D. Anderson in Houston, at this point, she's only being seen a few times a year as a precaution. We're grateful for her recovery and her "cancer free" status.

Together, we send you our warmest wishes. Have a great, safe summer and we hope to hear from you soon.

Best always,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

Site update, June 6th @ NOON!

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:28:00 +0000

Hello all,

Just a quick note to let you know that new fetishes will be posted at noon (central) tomorrow to Zunispirits.com.

F. Kiyite Fossil Rabbit - Lena Boone Murano Glass Bear
Freddie Leekya - Zuni rock Pig - Delvin Leekya Zuni Rock Badger

The carving families of Lunasee, Leekya, Boone, Quam, Kiyite, Mahooty and Burns are represented in this selection which includes Zuni rock, Murano glass, jet, fluorite, Picasso marble, fossil marble, travertine and gold-lipped Mother of pearl.

Hope you'll stop by. Thanks so much for looking!

(If you're interested in what Darlene is up to these days, stop by DarleneMeaderRiggs.com!)

Best wishes,

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
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New Posting on 5.11 @ noon, Zunispirits.com

noreply@blogger.com (Darlene) — Fri, 08 May 2015 15:43:00 +0000

Greetings from Texas!

I hope this finds you all well and enjoying a beautiful springtime in your part of the world. It was an exceptional one here in east Texas. All the rain we've had has been most welcomed!

Just wanted to give you all a head's up that I will be adding new inventory to Zunispirits.com on Monday, May 11 at noon, Texas time. There are carvings by Hayes Leekya, Lena Boone, Vernon & Prudencia (Lunasee) Quam, Ephran Chavez, Tim Lementino, Russell Shack and others.

Carvings include horses, turtle, rabbits, frogs, eagles, bears (oh my!) and stones are malachite, turquoise, Mother of Pearl, jet, Zuni rock, azurite and a couple of nice Murano glass pieces.

I hope you'll stop by. Thanks so much for looking!

Darlene has asked me to express her gratitude to those of you who extended condolences in the recent passing of her mother. The cards and emails were much appreciated. Thank you.

Dave
david@zunispirits.com
Zuni Spirits

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