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<p>[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 1204672, member: 301"]In the mid 90's, 2 guys came into my Gallery looking to sell a tusk that someone had left in baggage at a small airport, from a flight that came from northern Quebec.</p><p>No one downtown would touch it.....so they ended up on my doorstep !</p><p>When they showed it to me....I immediately knew why !</p><p>Of course it had no papers....& it really wasn't theirs in the 1st place.....but...it was barely 3 feet long !!, and a third of that was the part of the tusk that's inside the the animal. That part is always cut off of an adult tusk, but this one came from a juvenile ....</p><p>I was just sad to see it.....but I also just couldn't let it go further than my door....and I gave it a good home for many years surrounded by the finest in 1st Nations art and culture.</p><p>One day...while moving it around , the part that was not the outside tusk just shattered into dozens of pieces in my hand. I felt terrible, but knew it was time for the rest of it to be honored with a new home.</p><p>I contacted a Mi'kmaq</p><p>artist friend of mine, and in a respectful ceremony , passed it on to him to look after.</p><p>The guy lives surrounded by more animal parts that you'd find in a zoo, & one day he incorporated part of the tusk into a lovely Dream Catcher, as he is known for making the best in the world.</p><p>He invited me over to see it....and it was lovely....and a tribute to the creature itself. </p><p>It was, though....smaller than I had remembered, and upon asking hm about it , he sat me down on the floor , burned some sweet grass, and unfurled a rolled up length of deer hide...... & gifted me with a wonderful surprise !!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]214054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]214055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]214057[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The spirit of that Narwhal now lives on , respected & cared for !<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="komokwa, post: 1204672, member: 301"]In the mid 90's, 2 guys came into my Gallery looking to sell a tusk that someone had left in baggage at a small airport, from a flight that came from northern Quebec. No one downtown would touch it.....so they ended up on my doorstep ! When they showed it to me....I immediately knew why ! Of course it had no papers....& it really wasn't theirs in the 1st place.....but...it was barely 3 feet long !!, and a third of that was the part of the tusk that's inside the the animal. That part is always cut off of an adult tusk, but this one came from a juvenile .... I was just sad to see it.....but I also just couldn't let it go further than my door....and I gave it a good home for many years surrounded by the finest in 1st Nations art and culture. One day...while moving it around , the part that was not the outside tusk just shattered into dozens of pieces in my hand. I felt terrible, but knew it was time for the rest of it to be honored with a new home. I contacted a Mi'kmaq artist friend of mine, and in a respectful ceremony , passed it on to him to look after. The guy lives surrounded by more animal parts that you'd find in a zoo, & one day he incorporated part of the tusk into a lovely Dream Catcher, as he is known for making the best in the world. He invited me over to see it....and it was lovely....and a tribute to the creature itself. It was, though....smaller than I had remembered, and upon asking hm about it , he sat me down on the floor , burned some sweet grass, and unfurled a rolled up length of deer hide...... & gifted me with a wonderful surprise !! [ATTACH=full]214054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]214055[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]214057[/ATTACH] The spirit of that Narwhal now lives on , respected & cared for !:happy::happy::happy:[/QUOTE]
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