About the Artist

(Born 1929 - 1989) This Zuni fetish carver was George Haloo Cheechee's stepdaughter. She was known for stringing bird fetishes and for her fetish horses, inlaid frogs and owls. Rosalia and her husband Andrew Emerson taught fetish carving to their children.

Examples of her work are on page 40 and 41 of Kent McManis' work A Guide to Zuni Fetishes & Carvings Volume II The Materials & the Carvers.