DENNIS EDAAKIE Zuni S Silver Clown & Cardinal Pendant Start Price USD 1,299.95 Current Price USD 1,299.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, June 28, 2008 End Time Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Location Topeka, Kansas See more about 'DENNIS EDAAKIE Zuni S Silver Clown & Cardinal Pendant' Description Seller's note: Every night before going to bed Dennis Edaakie went for a walk, and the night of May 28 was no different. He slipped out the door into the cool, dry high desert night air of the Zuni pueblo and began his walk. A while later when Dennis hadn't returned, his wife Nancy began to worry and contacted neighbors along Dennis's usual route. His body was found in a neighbor's corn field a short time later.   One of the greatest living Native American artists was gone.   Dennis Edaakie and his wife Nancy are among the most celebrated, elite of Zuni artists. They literally have won too many prizes and awards to list here, but here are just a few:  the very first inlaid redbird pendant Dennis ever made won first place in the Intertribal Gallup Ceremonial (1972); he's also won first place in the Taos and Scottsdale shows as well as more first places at the Gallup show, and Best of Show in the Albuquerque Indian Market.   Their work is part of many prestigious Native American jewelry collections such as several in Santa Fe, Washington, D.C., Gallup, and Albuquerque, You'll also find exemplars in all the comprehensive leading Zuni jewelry collecting guides. His teacher was his uncle, the mega famous Jacob Haloo.   Dennis and Nancy are best known for their inlaid bird and kachina pieces. This absolutely stunning extra large spinner pendant -- one of their top of the line spinners -- one one side features one their amazingly detailed and colorful award winning koshare clown designs depicting a trickster clown munching away ona slice of someone else's watermelon with one hand and playfully balancing the remainder on his foot. The amount of detail is incredible -- unless I've miscounted, there are at least fifty-six inlays of Acoma black jet, white mother of pearl, genuine red and coral, and multicolored abalone shell in the clown. The Edaakies added their familiar story frame of sixteen curved rectangular genuine Mediterranean red coral inlays around the edges.   On the reverse side of this substantial spinner pendant is a beautifully rendered traditional Zuni redbird (cardinal) done in genuine Mediterranean red coral complete with an etched wing, Acoma black jet face and upper breast, and a green shell (green shell is usually yellow such as it is here) beak. The red bird is perched in a flowering inlaid, multicolored, abalone flowering bush. The Edaakies selected a frame of twenty-eight clear heart robin's egg blue Sleeping Beauty (Arizona) turquoise mountain designs.   The pendant spins on a vertical sterling silver axis. The solid sterling silver pendant itself is domed on both sides, is 3/32nds" thick around the edges rising to a depth of about ¼" in the center, and measures 1 and 1/8th" in diameter. The pendant's circular bezel frame is 3/16ths" thick, 1/8th" wide, and has a diameter of 2 and 3/16ths."   The teardrop shaped bale will accommodate a chain up to 3/16ths."   Spinner pendants allow you to change side without removing the pendant from the chain by simply spinning the pendant on its axis.   The pendant retails for between $1100.00 and 1300.00 in the southwest.   Though I think it goes without saying that this is a museum and collector quality spinner pendant, I'll say it anyway :-) Since Dennis's death, his work has appreciated more than one-third in value. Always an excellent investment, his work is now even a better investment.   A classic Zuni spinner pendant by top tier Zuni artists, Dennis and Nancy Edaakie.   Dennis and Nancy Edaakie's hallmark is located on the inside surface of the outer bezel frame.    Payment is expected no later than ten days after your purchase. 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