Ever seen a Zuni horse fetish? They are beautiful. I have a small collection, as the Zuni are here in New Mexico. Generally, a fetish fits in the palm of your hand. You can enjoy the smoothness of the stone and the weight of it as you hold it. I like them very much. (The bears are really pretty too.) The Zuni believe that each fetish embodies the spirit of the animal it symbolizes. I love the little turquoise hooves on this horse fetish.

Native-Languages.org. Among the stones, turquoise was widely used in Native American jewelry and was believed to bring good luck to the wearer. It is being used in Indian jewellery for more than 2000 years and the Zuni tribe believed that the blue turquoise representing the sky was male and the green representing the earth was female. Other stones used in Native American jewellery included Coral, sugilite, gaspeite, charoite and garnet.

Call me superstitious, but I have slipped a piece of turquoise into my saddlebags for many a mountain ride.