Standing nearly 6 and 1/2 feet tall, the curved redwood branch is topped by a 4-point deer antler with eleven small brass bells attached to it. The redwood, freed of bark, is smooth with a sheen to it and there's a red-violet transparent streak flowing down it. A reddened band of coiled copper wraps around the top of the redwood staff a few inches below the base of the antler and again a few inches above the pointed end of the wood.
In this close up of the top of the curved redwood branch, topped by a 4-point deer antler with eleven small brass bells attached to it. The redwood, freed of bark, is smooth with a sheen to it and there's a red-violet transparent streak flowing down it. A reddened band of coiled copper wraps around the top of the redwood staff a few inches below the base of the antler and there are silver beads at the start and end of the coiled copper. a silver bead hangs beneath each of the bells.
Leaning on the wall in a blue-violet room with delicate white trees creating a wooded atmosphere, the staff stands nearly 6 and 1/2 feet tall. The curved redwood branch is topped by a 4-point deer antler with eleven small brass bells attached to it. The redwood, freed of bark, is smooth with a sheen to it and there's a red-violet transparent streak flowing down it. A reddened band of coiled copper wraps around the top of the redwood staff a few inches below the base of the antler and again a few inches above the pointed end of the wood. The staff casts a curving shadow on teh wall behind.
As appeared in the "Through the Eyes of Myth a Voice is Heard" installation, San Jose, California, 1992

Staff for the Dawn

77″ x 10 3/4″ x 7″

Redwood, antler, brass, copper, oils.

 

—Staff for the Dawn has been collected—

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