Huge fetish necklace

Hello all

I would love any thoughts about this fetish necklace.

It has about 110 of the small fetishes on it.

I’m guessing my mom bought it in the 80s or 90s but could be from the 70s.

Does it look Zuni?

Would it be bad luck or inappropriate to separate them into multiple pieces?

I’d love to hear any other observations. Thank you!

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Welcome to the forum. A Navajo artist by the name Larry Cisco use to sell a stacked fetish necklace like this in the 90s. Couldn’t find an image in a google search but purchased a number of them from him. He did a wrap like that at the end instead of hook and eye.

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Wow that is quite a necklace! I’d love to see a photograph with it worn, if you have time. I have found that so many of these pieces look so unwearable … until worn and then it looks spectacular!

Hi Jason

Thank you for the insight! I will try to find other examples of his.

Best
Susie