It's so hard to use words like that and have them taken in the proper context.

This is a Raccoon wall ornament. It is composed of a skull, neck vertebrae, and partial hide of a raccoon. The 3 feathers on the skull and hanging with the stone signify the earth, air, and water, by which the raccoon can travel (Of course, they cannot fly, however they are just as comfortable on the ground as in the trees.

The vertebrae is tied onto the hide using some leather lace, and a strip of leather, There are also various bone, wooden, and clay beads. This was meant to truth to one's mind, and to identify treachery in our social lives. It is made to banish trickery others may bring, by keeping us one step ahead of our deceivers.

I made this for my friend, he supplied the skull and asked that I make something cool out of it.

Original craft works by Yoik