In Zuni Cosmology, the Sun Father is the revered source of Life and Light, while the Moon is also a celestial body whose Magic and Life Force is featured in the Night Sky. Her Lunar Cycles are used to determine culturally significant times throughout the year for the Zuni People. Both embody sacred energetic forces to achieve Spiritual Balance. They represent different aspects of Healing, Spirituality & Fertility.
The Sun Father is an omnipresent being who represents Hope and the physical embodiment of profound Spiritual Transformation. He is the fundamental Balance between Sky and Earth as his Spirit is essential for all Life to exist. He symbolizes the Divine Masculine, Strength and Protection.
The Moon Mother is a celestial being who represents Time and the metaphysical embodiment of the Natural World. The mystical influence the Moon has over Nature demonstrates her immense Spiritual Significance. Her Lunar Phases dictate the annual cycle of sacred rituals and ceremonial dances for the Zuni People. She is the Harmony between the Sky and the Earth as she is the Life-Giving Mother. She symbolizes the Divine Feminine, Creation and Wisdom.
An intricate hand carved Deer Antler Sun Father with the crown of the antler burnished to showcase his sun rays. Adorn with a hand carved Gold Lip Mother of Pearl Eagle plume and secured with a Sterling Silver wrapped pin. The face is expertly inlaid with Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and Red Spiny Oyster Shell with interchanging Black Pen Shell and Gold Lip Mother of Pearl bands that represents Time. The eyes and mouth are Black Pen Shell. His many necklaces show his important status with materials of Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and Mediterranean Coral. His carved hands show Calmness. His sash belt is inlaid with Red Pipe Stone pigment with stones of Malachite, Sleeping Beauty Turquoise and Lapis. The diamond shape has two pigments and they are Yellow Sandstone and Lapis. The border on the kilt is inlaid Black Jet pigment. He wears a ceremonial robe that has details of folds around his arms with Black Jet pigment triangles representing Clouds with Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Raindrops in the center of them. The bottom of the robe is inlaid with a multi-colored boarder with natural materials of Black Pen Shell, Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, Red Spiny Oyster Shell, Light Green Serpentine, Abalone Shell, Japanese Coral, Lapis and Gold Lip Mother of Pearl. The tiny triangles on top of the stone to stone border is inlaid Lapis pigment. On each side of his moccasins are Sleeping Beauty Turquoise pins with burnished soles for detail. The base is hand carved with Belgium Black Marble.
The Moon Mother is as beautiful as the Sun Father. Hand carved from Deer Antler with the crown of the antler burnished to showcase her Moonbeams. She also wears a hand carved Gold Lip Mother of Pearl Eagle plume that is secured with a Sterling Silver wrapped pin. Her celestial face is inlaid with a multi-color Lunar Halo. Her Halo represents her Lunar Cycles. The materials are Sleeping Beauty Turquoise, Lapis, Sugilite, Ethiopian Opal, Mediterranean Coral and Japanese Coral. The interchanging Black Pen Shell and Gold Lip Mother of Pearl bands represents Time. Her eyes and mouth are inlaid with Black Pen Shell. Like Sun Father, she wears strands of necklaces of Italian Coral and Sleeping Beauty Turquoise. She wears a traditional manta with crisscrossing lines of Black Jet to show that it is woven and bottom boarder of Lapis pigments. The red and green are border inlay of Mediterranean Coral and Malachite. The sash belt has a single Sleeping Beauty Turquoise drop inlay with a Red Pipestone pigment pattern. Her traditional robe has details of folds around her arms with the bottom border inlaid with Mediterranean Coral and Black Pen Shell. Brown burnished Fringe gracefully hangs from the shawl she wears under her robe. Her moccasins are wrapped with traditional deer buckskin and have Sleeping Beauty Turquoise pins. The soles are burnished for detail and a hand carved Belgium Black Marble base is secured with steel pins.
This exquisite pair won Best of Division and First Place at the Annual 103rd SWAIA Santa Fe Indian Market.
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Artist: Troy Sice
Signed: Troy Sice Zuni Copyright 2025 8/12/2025 @ 1 p.m.
About: Sun Father - 4-3/4"t by 2-1/2"w by 2"d
Moon Mother - 4-3/8"t by 2"w by 2"d
Item# 1705