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Heartline Bear by Sammy Smith
Sammy Smith
This Stone carving and it's inlay is a one of a kind authentic Navajo Masterpiece made from real precious stones. Created solely by inspiration from the great animal spirits.
Heartline Bear
Carving by Navajo Artist Sammy Smith
Hand Inlayed Art by Jeremy Lucero
Bear Meaning-Gentle Strength, Introspection and Dreaming~Traditional Zuni Meaning-WEST
A Heartline goes from mouth of the fetish (usually a bear) to the heart and ends in a triangle shape. This line is the path of the Spirits breath. The holder of the Heartline bear will put the bear to his mouth and breathe in to gain the spirit and the powers of the fetish.
The Heartline Bear was carved from pipestone mined from Minnesota, USA.
Carving stands 2 inches high by 3 inches long. Weighs 6 oz
Hand inlayed with precious stones of Turquoise,Mother of pearl, Mojave Green, Jet Black and pink shell.
Inlay meanings~
Arrows of life depict all of the directions that a person can go and gives blessings in the path of life.
Footprints are showing the path to healing the arrows are protection for healing.
ZUNI Kachina Dancer with 9 directions in life that a person may go with 9 blessings.
Earrings and Necklace are Blassings of Health and Wealth in life.
About the Artist.
Sammy Smith - NAVAJO MASTER CARVER
”I go into the mountains, desert or forest to be with the animals and the birds. I might go for hours at a time or spend several days surrounded by spirits that give me the visions for my stone carving creations.”
From his earliest years, Sammy displayed deep interest in wild animals and birds of prey. He studied, sketched, and painted nature’s creatures as he learned to work silver and stone, a practice that he continues to this day.
A Navajo Elder Master Carver, who had worked the material for years, passed all he knew of the craft to Sammy and encouraged him to shape in stone the wildlife he loved. So began the legendary carvings of North American land animals, birds of prey and sea mammals by the gifted artists of Mexican Springs.
Nature’s images have shaped the life of Sammy Smith, the gifted Navajo artisan whose sense of form and color are legendary. Collectors of Native American Stone Fetish Carving art throughout the world revere his work.
MESSAGE to Native American Fetish Carvings collectors from Sammy Smith: "I want to share my art and it’s meaning to the rest of the world. May the spirits bless the holder of the animal carving."
If you would like to receive a bio/picture or have questions about Sammy Smith or any other carvings please e-mail us or call us toll free 1-877-862-1480. M & M Trading has been in business since 1970. A great dealer of Native American unique art.
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