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Turquoise Fetish Necklace by Kathy Kills Thunder

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Jewelry Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 60.00 USD
Turquoise Fetish Necklace by Kathy Kills Thunder
Turquoise Fetish Necklace designed and beaded by Kathy Kills Thunder, 3 strand, measures 30''L end to end, features many various stone and shell animal fetishes, turquoise nuggets and black onyx beads, lots of beautiful colors in this necklace, Artist Bio: Kathleen Kills Thunder (her legal name) was born in 1947 in Seattle, WA. Her father, Ben Kills Thunder, was a Sioux Indian from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in NE Montana. Her mother was Spanish/Irish. Kathy grew up shuttling back and forth between Seattle and the Colville Indian Reservation in NE Washington. Kathy has been painting and beading since she was six. She uses a bright color palette and prodigious imagination in creating her painted and beaded work. Kathy currently lives in SE Arizona and raises buffalo when she is not pursuing her artistic endeavors.