If someone has written an essay or held a show on this jewelry, I want to know about it. I don’t collect it, and don’t particularly like Disney, but it’s fascinating to me that Native American artists co-opted the figures. It’s such a pop artist, Andy Warhol thing to do.
Also I wonder if Disney ever sued them for appropriation. I hope not!
I don’t know much about these artists, but in my reference books, Veronica Nastacio is in Vol. 1 of “Zuni: The Art & the People,” published in the early 1970s. The text speaks of her as if she was the artist who originated using traditional Zuni inlay for knifewings and rainbow man and Hopi birds to create Disney characters.
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Here’s her page. I like her face and her expression. I can’t explain it. She looks delightful. I’d want to hang out with her.
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Here’s her write-up. Sorry about the blur. I just have an iPhone, no proper camera.
Here’s a close-up of her work. If you Google images for her name, you’ll do better.
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