From The Trail of Painted
Ponies. Fetish Pony. Made of resin. Measures 6.5" high.
Artist: Lynn Bean
To Native Americans, a fetish is any object that possesses "spirit power."
They believe that when the object is treated with respect, the spirit that
resides within can bring its owner good luck, good health and a harmonious
life. With this in mind, Oregon painter Lynn Bean created an extraordinary
"fetish pony" on which the spirit images of different horses seem to
emerge from inside a sandstone carving of a host horse, who wears a "power
pack" of feathers, beads and shells on its back.
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