A brilliant antler butterfly maiden who flaps broad mother-of-pearl wings incised with fanciful designs. The backside displays a butterfly's body made of fossilized ivory. Her tablita headdress is precisely carved of luxurious lapis while the majority of her body is of antler. She wears traditionally styled clothing inlaid with jet, red coral, malachite, and turquoise stones. Standing at 10 1/4" tall with a 6 1/8" wingspan, on an antler base. Extra shipping charges will apply due to fragility. - $3300.00

Once again, Ray blows us away with his creative energy, this time manifesting itself in another lovely antler Dragonfly maiden. She's presented on a nice slice of elk crown, surrounded by ironwood cattails with flowing sterling silver leaves. Her wings are of black lip shell and her perfectly incised braided hair displays feathers of rich fossilized ivory accented with twisted silver wire. Her sweet shawl is inlaid with red coral, malachite, gold lip shell and pen shell. Her traditional boots are inlaid with lapis dots.This spirited and happy work of art will be a welcome addition to your home! 5" tall and 4" long. Extra shipping charges will apply due to fragility. - $1400.00

Happiness, hope and good cheer is what this amphibian is all about! This antler Frog is covered in an assortment of materials, like lapis, malachite, red coral, sodalite, abalone, both green and blue turquoises, and is offering up a pink mussel shell, turquoise and sterling silver flower. Almost 2 5/8" tall and 1 1/2" long. - $450.00

This antler maiden, called 'Iris', is of extraordinary beauty from master talent Ray Tsalate. She's dancing on a substantial section of elk crown where many pink mussel shell petals burst forth. She's embellished with various stones such as turquoise, mother-of-pearl, red coral, malachite, lapis, and pen shell. A wooden pipe or flute is carefully nestled within her gorgeously cross-hatched and inlaid shawl. Her braided hair is adorned with feathers, signifying she's undergoing a religious obligation. They are of mother-of-pearl and fossilized ivory inlaid with lapis, turquoise, and red coral, plus twisted silver accents.
Ray invested a ton of creative energy into this elaborate work, even burning soles onto her moccasins or boots that are traditionally wrapped, like the kid skin legs seen in real life.
Displays beautifully from any angle, about 9 3/4" tall and 6 3/4" wide. Extra shipping charges will apply due to fragility and weight. - $2800.00