When the horse was spread on a large scale in America, in 1700, the effect was immediate and dramatic. The tribes were able to move more quickly and to hunt the buffalo with greater ease. The community got the time required to develop their arts and their philosophies. The horse not only expanded the range of the tribes of the Great Plains, but itself became an integral part of many of those cultures. For this reason the horse was celebrated in various forms by those nations. For him, preparing forms, with thousands of ornaments, beads, was portrayed in ceremonial sticks and amulets worn around the neck to always have with you a part of what was considered the great power of that animal.
The necklace is to follow a historically popular style among the Sioux, Cheyenne and other Plains peoples.
strings that make up the necklace are made of two strips of chamois leather for each side, leave the water, twisted on themselves and then dried.
The horse that acts as a central medallion is made from a single piece of rawhide. The skin was painted with mineral pigments and animal glue. At the "medallion" are tied, with curtains animal, a suede bag, embroidered with pearls and filled with sage and other herbs, and a ring of leather wrapped beads. Then hang strings of beads, closed by three tin cones, shaped by hand, and tufts of hair.
The total length of necklace is approximately 50 cm.
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