UP FOR sale IS A VERY NICE ZUNI OLD PAWN KNIFE WELDING KACHINA.Amazing detailed work on the extraordinary vintage Zuni Old Pawn Knifewing brooch from the 1940’s
The KNIFEWING has been inlaid with Turquoise, Jet, Mother of Pearl Shell and Orange Spiny Oyster Shell.
The pin back works perfect, this piece has no damage or repairs. Nothing missing, nothing added. It is heavy and well rendered.
The brooch is hand signed by REX.I could not find…again...anything about this artist, but there are several pieces available for sale on the internet, mostly Knifewing pieces of art.
This amazing piece of history is in very good, vintage condition with a moderate patina.
About the Knifewing:
Knifewing, also Knife Wing, is a half man – half eagle Zuni spirit or god with razor sharp feathers made of flint. He is the ultimate warrior.
Anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing, who lived with the Zunis from 1879-1884 described knifewing this way:
“This curious god is the hero of hundreds of folklore tales, the tutelary deity of several societies of Zuni. He is represented as possessing a human form, furnished with flint knife-feathered pinions, and tail. His dress consists of the conventional terraced cap (representative of his dwelling place among the clouds). His weapons are the Great Flint-Knife of War, the Bow of the Skies (the Rainbow), and the Arrow of Lightning. His guardians or warriors are the Great Mountain Lion of the North and that of the upper regions. He was doubtless the original War God of the Zunis.”
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