The Spirit of Zuni Fetishes
At the beginning, the author mentioned that no matter tourists, scholars or spiritual seekers, they will all get different information from Zuni Fetishes. The reason is that Zuni fetishes do not only have special out look, but also have special material and cultural meaning.
The Masks of Bhutan
It is interesting to compare this article to The Spirit of Zuni Fetishes. They both make featured object in their own community. With globalization, they make these pieces for commercial. However, from the two authors’ view, Zuni fetishes are more popular and meaningful. Carved Zuni fetishes are more artistic, because before makers carved the piece, they would like to feel the natural form firstly, then carve the relative animal form.
In this article, the author emphasize that the masks are made for commercial, and also lack meaning and culture context, so after reading, people may think that Zuni Fetishes is less commercial and special. However, I feel they are pretty similar, and the masks of Bhutan are even better than Zuni fetishes.
1. Why Zuni fetishes are so popular? Because it is small, artistic form, special stone, or very meaningful and spiritual? …show more content…
The final answer for me is commercial. They are very commercial pieces, which successfully catch customers’ mind, who also want to get the special power from nature. Definitely, people have their favorite animals and colors, so why not buy a small item of the animal with specific color? They are also supposed to have power of luck. For this big market, Zuni fetishes have changed a lot. They stated using stones and carving animals in other far place. I think through this process, these items loss their most important part of reflecting their life and
At the beginning, the author mentioned that no matter tourists, scholars or spiritual seekers, they will all get different information from Zuni Fetishes. The reason is that Zuni fetishes do not only have special out look, but also have special material and cultural meaning.
The Masks of Bhutan
It is interesting to compare this article to The Spirit of Zuni Fetishes. They both make featured object in their own community. With globalization, they make these pieces for commercial. However, from the two authors’ view, Zuni fetishes are more popular and meaningful. Carved Zuni fetishes are more artistic, because before makers carved the piece, they would like to feel the natural form firstly, then carve the relative animal form.
In this article, the author emphasize that the masks are made for commercial, and also lack meaning and culture context, so after reading, people may think that Zuni Fetishes is less commercial and special. However, I feel they are pretty similar, and the masks of Bhutan are even better than Zuni fetishes.
1. Why Zuni fetishes are so popular? Because it is small, artistic form, special stone, or very meaningful and spiritual? …show more content…
The final answer for me is commercial. They are very commercial pieces, which successfully catch customers’ mind, who also want to get the special power from nature. Definitely, people have their favorite animals and colors, so why not buy a small item of the animal with specific color? They are also supposed to have power of luck. For this big market, Zuni fetishes have changed a lot. They stated using stones and carving animals in other far place. I think through this process, these items loss their most important part of reflecting their life and