Jovanna Poblano and Daniel Chattin
Zuni Fetish Necklaces
Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano
Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano, their jewelry is the highest quality.
Daniel Chattin carves the fetishes… the designs are a Chattin Poblano collaboration.
Daniel learned from the Quandelacy family, in particular Stuart, Sandra and Faye.
However, there is a quality… a feeling to Daniel’s work that make them his own.
Beyond simply knowing how to carve stone on a grinding wheel, some Zuni carvers
turn craft into art. A true Zuni artist can see inside the stone… see what does
not appear on the surface… see what is under the stone’s surface.
Or, then again, maybe a Zuni can will the stone to the patterns and color he wishes.
Jovanna Poblano, Daniel’s wife, also designs and strings the necklaces.
She has a wonderful sense of fashion and her combinations of color is unsurpassed.
Veronica Poblano, Jovanna’s mother, is a famous Zuni jeweler in her own right.
Leo Poblano, Veronica’s father, was a Zuni Innovator. He was an early Zuni
stone carver / silversmith master. His work was highly regarded by CG Wallace.
Collector’s today eagerly greet Leo Poblano finds.
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Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano Zuni Fetish Necklace
2 1/2′ x 2 1/2″ White and Cinnamon Shell Maiden adorned
with Turquoise and strung on a 16″ Double Strand Necklace
made from Picture Jasper, White Coral and Turquoise
$800
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Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano Zuni Fetish Corn Maiden Necklace
2 1/8 x 1 7/8
White Shell Maiden
Strung with 18″ of
Red and White Coral and Turquoise
$495
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Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano Zuni Fetish Corn Maiden Necklace
Golden Brown Shell adorned with Turquoise
and strung on 16″ of Turquoise Heishe
1 1/2″
$190
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Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano Zuni Fetish Corn Maiden Necklace
A) 1 1/2″ x 1 3/4″ White Shell with Lapis Maiden
Strung on 19″ Lapis and Horn beads
$190
B) 1 3/8″ x 1 3/8″ White Shell with Coral Maiden
Strung on 18″ Pearl Necklace
$180
C) 1 7/8″ x 1 3/4″ White Shell with Turquoise Maiden
Strung on 17″ Turquoise and Horn beads
$190
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Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano Zuni Fetish Corn Maiden Necklace
D) 1 3/8″ x 1 1/4″ Golden Brown Shell Maiden with Coral Strung on 17″ of Coral and Horn beads $155
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Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano Zuni Fetish Corn Maiden Necklace
17″ Varacite Wafer Necklace
The Spiney Oyster and Turquoise
Corn Maiden is 3″
$665
Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano Zuni Fetish Necklace
It is very unusual for Daniel to carve just a Maiden’s face.
However, upon examining this extraordinary Laboradorite
gemstone it seems to me that this carving could have
been no other way.
The Laboradorite fires is if it were high quality Opal. No
matter how you turn the Laboradorite gemstone and
no matter the light, Maidens faces just glows. It is
as if we can see past her face and
into her thoughts.
Of all the stones used in Zuni, Laboradorite is among the
most difficult to carve. It is extremely hard and must
be cut perfectly to catch the fire (and rarely is
there as much fire present as we see here).
Every time you look at this Maidens face she presents
another look… another image full of color.
It is quite rare, there will never be
another like it.
18″ Handmade Necklace of finest Ox Blood
Red Coral with two natural Persian
Turquoise gemstones.
The center Laboradorite gem is
2 3/4″ x 1 7/8″
$2850
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Daniel Chattin and Jovanna Poblano Zuni Fetish Necklace
Natural (not synthetic or treated in any way) Angel Skin Coral
Maidens. The handmade necklace is made from the same
Coral as well as Ox Blood Red Coral. The necklace is
also adorned with 8 natural Persian
Turquoise Gemstones
The Necklace is 20″ long.
The Maiden is 2 3/8″ long
$2575
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