Badger - Aggressive and persistent; a healer This stone badger- at least I think it's a badger, was hand carved by Zuni Artist Emery Eriacho.It has tiny turquoise pieces for the eyes and along the back. There's some etching along the back as well. I don't know what kind of stone this is but it has some heft to it.
It's about 1/2" tall by almost 2" long and about 1" deep
It's signed on the bottom
Weight: 24.7 grams on my scale.
I placed a quarter there for scale.
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