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Spider Armband

$1,300.00

This arm band was designed by Chickasaw artist Kristen Dorsey.

The armband is an element of traditional southeastern regalia, which is still worn today by modern Chickasaw people. According to traditional stories, the spider brought fire to humanity but as a consequence, it forever carries a burnt mark on its back.

This armband is one-of-a-kind and features a hand-carved and lost wax cast spider cast in sterling silver set with a red sapphire to symbolize fire. It is surrounded by a motif taken from ancient shell carvings symbolizing feathers. It measures 6.7" long, and 1.25" wide. Price of US shipping and handling included.

Artists | Michael Adams (Hopi / Tewa) | Tammy Beauvais (Mohawk) | Dick Bernanin Menswear | MaRia Bird (Navajo / Hopi) | Autumn Dawn (Comanche / Taos) for The Soft Museum | Kristen Dorsey (Chickasaw) | Kevin Duncan (San Carlos Apache / Arikara / Hidatsa / Mandan) for Painted Warrior Designs | Alano Edzerza (Tahltan) | Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit / Aleut) | David Gaussoin (Navajo / Picuris Pueblo) | Wayne Nez Gaussoin (Navajo / Picuris Pueblo) | Jamie Gentry (Kwakwaka'wakw) | Candace Halcro (Cree / Metis) | Sun Rose Iron Shell (Sicangu / Oglala Lakota) | Ista Ska (Lakota) | Lonna Jackson (Spirit Lake Dakota / Turtle Mountain Chippewa) | Michelle Lowden (Acoma Pueblo) | Dustin Quinn Martin (Navajo) for S.O.L.O. | Pamela Mattz (Hupa / Tolowa) | Patricia Michaels (Taos) | Avis O’Brien (Haida / Kwakwakw’wakw) | Jamie Okuma (Luiseño / Shoshone Bannock) | Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti) | Consuelo Pascual (Navajo / Mayan) | Summer Peters (Saginaw Ojibwe) | Andrea Preston (Navajo) | Paul Rowley (Tlingit / Haida) | David Sloan (Navajo) | Topah Spoonhunter (Paiute / Northern Arapaho) for Two Dogs and a Bear | Dominique Tsinnie (Navajo) | TSOul (Navajo) | Nathalie Waldman (Dene) | JT Willie (Navajo) | Jared Yazzie (Navajo) for OXDX | Bethany Yellowtail (Crow / Northern Cheyenne)