Hopi Lightning Stick Circa Date_2014 The design symbolizes the ancestral

The design symbolizes the ancestral homeland of the Hopi people

This book describes the historical and artistic development of the genre from its controversial emergence around 1900

while the bear paw signifies the presence and path of the bear

Comes with a handmade 20” Hopi sterling silver chain

is associated with fertility

Hopi Lightning Stick Circa Date_2014 The design symbolizes the ancestralVintage Hopi lightning stick painted in bold colors with hand painted deer print and bear paw designs. Both ends are tipped in red and accented with wild turkey feathers. Lightning sticks are traditional ceremonial objects, often used in kachina dances and as symbolic representations of rain, thunder, and power. From the Kopavi Collection 2. 5 Width, 24 Length