The Museum of Zuni Art

The Museum of Zuni Art

Santa Fe, NM

The Museum of Zuni Art (MoZA) is dedicated to conserving and displaying contemporary and historic art of the people of the Zuni Pueblo.

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Leonard Halate 1914 - 2001. Bird with Fish, Serpentine, Shell by Leonard Halate (1914 - 2001) Image: Bird with Fish
Bird with Fish
Leonard Halate 1914 - 2001. Bird with Fish, Serpentine, Shell by Leonard Halate (1914 - 2001) Image: Bird with Fish
Leonard Halate 1914 - 2001. Bird with Fish, Serpentine, Shell by Leonard Halate (1914 - 2001) Image: Bird with Fish
Leonard Halate 1914 - 2001. Bird with Fish, Serpentine, Shell by Leonard Halate (1914 - 2001) Image: Bird with Fish
Leonard Halate 1914 - 2001. Bird with Fish, Serpentine, Shell by Leonard Halate (1914 - 2001) Image: Bird with Fish
Leonard Halate 1914 - 2001. Bird with Fish, Serpentine, Shell by Leonard Halate (1914 - 2001) Image: Bird with Fish
  • Leonard Halate (1914 - 2001)
  • Leonard Halate 1914 - 2001. Bird with Fish, Serpentine, Shell
  • Serpentine, Shell
  • 1.75 x 2.125 x 1.875 in (4.45 x 5.4 x 4.76 cm)
  • Inv: 23.032.1
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Leonard (Old Man) Halate (d) was born in 1914. Very few Zunis were doing so when he started carving fetishes and selling them. His animals were eccentric.
Many are made of materials found in the Zuni Plateau, and Leonard had time to collect rocks as a sheepherder! His animals remained unique even as the number of carvers in Zuni expanded, and the work became more realistic and detailed. Leonard was steadfast in creating his visions of somewhat quirky, not necessarily traditional, creatures.

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