Mo:chikwa (maw-chee-kwaa) means Apricot and E'lashdoki (eh-lash-doh-kee) refers to a young girl in the Zuni Language.
Most fruits like apricots are ready for picking beginning late in the Summer. Young Zuni girls are taught to pick ripe fruits with the utmost gentleness.
A young Harvest Maiden standing in quiet repose. She is wearing a ceremonial Pueblo Tablita headdress and traditional attire. She is focused and in deep prayer.
A hand carved Elk Antler Harvest Maiden, she wears a Pueblo Tablita headdress inlaid with a Star motif of Red Pipestone pigment and green Malachite. Her hair is perfectly incised. Her eyes are inlaid with Black Pen Shell and a red Mediterranean Coral mouth.
She wears a necklace with red Mediterranean Coral and Kingman Turquoise. She has folds on her robe around her sleeve to highlight the hand detail. Her belt is inlaid with Red Pipestone pigment and Malachite. Her cotton apron is detailed and inlaid with green Serpentine pigment. Stars are inlaid red Mediterranean Coral with blue Lapis centers.
Blue Lapis pigment highlights the border of her shawl with burnish fringe detail. Her skirt is inlaid with Black Jet pigment along the hem.
Her moccasins are carved to show case her white leather legs wraps and inlaid with Sleeping Beauty turquoise. The soles are burnished for contrast.
Artist: Troy Sice
Signed: Troy Sice 2025 Zuni
About: 2 3/4"T by 3/4"W by 3/4"D
Item# 1668