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TALKING STICK
A talking stick is an item that is used to indicate the right to speak in a community setting. Each portion of the stick has a specific symbolic meaning. The rabbit fur reminds the speaker to keep his words soft. The blue stone reminds the speaker to keep his words true. The Abalone shell with its irridescent colors reminds the speaker that the truth is based on perspective. The other aspects of this stick have even further nuances. This item comes with an interpretive sheet.
Item #CG001: $25.00
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TALKING FEATHER
This is a single large feather with several smaller feathers and a decorated handle section. This item performs the same function as the Talking Stick and also has many symbolic attributes. Comes with an interpretive card.
Item #CG002: $15.00
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DANCE FAN
This fan has several very large feathers and a row of shorter feathers. The handle is broad and leather covered with beaded decoration and leather fringe.
Item #CG003: $35.00
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STEEL POINTED AWL
This is a modern variation of the traditional leather working or basketry awl. There is a sharpened tip of steel embedded into an antler handle.
Item #CG004: $12.00
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FEATHER PRAYER STICKS
These feather sticks are patterned after traditional "prayer stick" offerings. A solid wood shaft is topped by a wooden bead into which a multitude of series natural feathers are embedded.
Item #CG005: $5.00
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TEEPEE REPLICA DISPLAY
This is a small scale deerskin leather teepee display on a wooden base.
Item #CG006: $17.00
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SAND PAINTING
Sandpainting has been used by many cultures as a component of either ritual or story telling. The best known sand painting traditions include the Navajo healing rituals and the Tibetian ceremonial usage. Here are offered some fixed decorative examples. The sandpainting that you will receive will not necessarily match the one pictured here.
LARGE - Item #CG007A: $35.00
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PETROGLYPH PAINTING
Petroglyphs are painted designs found on rocks throughout North America. This item has a painted example on an agate slab in a display box. Information is provided concerning the location the example is copied from.
Item #CG008: $95.00
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PICTOGRAPH MAGNET
Pictographs are design which are pecked or etched into soft rock. These are small examples etched into pieces of colored sandstone or broken countertop with a magnet attached to the back.
SMALL - Item #CG009A: $11.00
MEDIUM - Item #CG009B: $14.00
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PICTOGRAPH STANDING PIECE
Pictographs are design which are pecked or etched into soft rock. These are small examples etched into pieces of either colored sandstone or denser materials like marble. These etched pieces are recycled from broken countertops. One edge has a felt pad for setting up on display.
MEDIUM - Item #CG010B: $18.00
LARGE - Item #CG010C: $24.00
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SCRIMSHAW
Scrimshaw was decoration on bone that was practiced by many maritime cultures.
Item #CG015B: $35.00
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SMALL HOPPER MORTARA relatively thin flat small stone with a pecked shallow depression at the center of one side. A small bottomless basket is attached by an epoxy adhesive around this depression to thus make a portable mortar. This replication comes with a matching small pestle. This is a great table top demonstration of this tool for classroom display or simply for a decorative addition to a teacher's desk.
MEDIUM
Item #GT016B: $45.00
SMALL
Item #GT016C: $25.00
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SKULL AND PIN GAME
This Game is displayed in a shadow box with paperwork outlining the point system. A cottontail rabbit skull is attatched to a sliver of bone or pin which is sharpened. The skull is thrown into the air and the objective is to catch it on the pin in one of the natural holes.
Item #G002: $65.00
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ARROWHEAD SYMBOLISM CARD
This laminated card outlines the basic meaning of an arrowhead in various cultures.
Item #CG016: $1.00
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