Sisters of the Stars, Bear Medicine Lodge National Monument

Eugene Tapahe

2020

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Halibut hook carving made of yew wood to represent the head and tail of an otter, the tail being shown by five incised lines. The piece is somewhat weathered. In the line hole were a wood plug and fragments of a spruce root line so the hook is an old-timer.
The totemic design is well done but rather recent. The paint is vermilion and ball bluing blue. Totemic designs occupy two sides and a design (see card) is on each of the other sides. The box is of red cedar, pegged side and bottom. New looking almost.
Ceramic--creamy orange slip, painted over with black and orange--hatched panel of hooked wings between parallel bars
Rug (Crystal style), Diné (Navajo) people, Southwestern Region, Native American, wool