2006 Fetish Pony Retired Trail Painted Ponies Christmas Ornament 12330

Fetish Pony Item #12330

Collect this Very Rare Trail of Painted Ponies Happy Holidays Pony Ornament from the 2006 Holiday Collection while it is available.  When this ornament is sold, there will be no more since the manufacturer has retired these beautiful ponies.

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 mid, Oregon painter Lynn Bean created this 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.
It was at an art show in New Mexico that artist, Lynn Beam stopped at the Pueblo Indian Cultural Center and was struck by the Zuni fetishes.  This started Lynn on a series of watercolor paintings of various animal fetishes with their spirit images locked inside rock patterns.  This work included the design of a horse fetish that she presented to The Trail of Painted Ponies, which was created as an original work of art, and was released as the collectible figurine, "Fetish Pony".

Item #: 12330
Release Date: Holiday 2006
Artist: Lynn Beam
Material: Resin
Size: 2.5 inches Tall
Form: Standing
Retired: February 2011

NOW RETIRED AND NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM THE MANUFACTURER