Raven Finds Mankind in a Clamshell

Freda Diesing

1980

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Sculpted zoomorphic mask with curved beak, cedar bark ruff, and painted patterns in orange, red, blue, and black
Awl, snow shoe. A round iron blade with a rounded edge, c. 7/32" diam. 2.5"long. fastened in a round handle with 6 grooves around it. 6.25" long. Used to cut round holes for thongs. Maggie said once it was used to cut grooves like those around the eyes in totems. Chief Kadonaha's.
Flat handle, amber.
Black and white photograph of four Native American women wearing jingle dress regalia, holding hands and gazing upward at towering trees