Lynn Quam, Coyote
Lynn Quam
Zuni Pueblo
Medium Specific
Serpentine
Classification
Sculpture: Stone
Dimensions
2 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in. (5.7 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm.)
Accession Number
2021.35.28.182
Credit
Gift of Carol and Don Tallman
Memo / Artist Statement
Lynn Quam is a well known Zuni carver mostly of buffalo or bison fetishes made from malachite, turquoise, wild horse marble and picasso marble. He adorns his buffalo with horns sometimes made of fossilized ivory and turquoise.
Biography
Lynn's mother, Annie Gasper Quam, was a well known jeweler and fetish carver who died in 2001. His aunt, Ellen Quandalacey, was the matriarch of the well known Quandalacey carving siblings. Lynn resides in Zuni Pueblo with his wife, Jayne Quam, who is a Navajo fetish carver who frequently collaborates with him.
https://www.penfieldgallery.com/artistsfetishes/lynn-quam-fetish-carve-27.html
https://www.penfieldgallery.com/artistsfetishes/lynn-quam-fetish-carve-27.html
Date of Bio