As I mentioned in Part I of this series, the purpose of these guides is to provide a helpful reference to buyers shopping for fetish jewelry on eBay. The presence of one or or more of these beads on an item of jewelry does not necessarily mean that the jewelry is not Native Indian made, only that certain of the fetishes were not carved by Native Indians. Fetish jewelry strung (but not carved) by Native Indians is very common on Internet auction sites, but does not have nearly the value of jewelry that has that has been entirely created by the carver.

If an item that you are considering buying is attributed to a specific carver or beader, you can almost always find other examples of his/her work on the Internet. You can also sometimes discover who carved certain fetishes through careful Internet research.

Here are some more examples of commercially available fetishes:

Water Creatures

Figure 1. Dolphin Pendants - Assorted Gemstones

Figure 2. Dolphin Beads - Assorted Gemstones

Figure 3. Fish Beads

Figure 4. Turtle Pendants - Assorted Gemstones

Figure 5. Turtle Beads - Assorted Gemstones

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Horses

Figure 6. Horse Pendants - Assorted Gemstones

Figure 7. Horse Beads - Assorted Gemstones

Squirrels and Other Animals

Figure 8. Squirrel Beads - Assorted Gemstones

Figure 9. Assorted Gemstone Fetishes

Figure 10. More Assorted Gemstone Fetishes