A fallen branch,
painted and weathered. Parts of the same branch were carved into
two "thorns" which stick out on the sides. An wooden
Knight, broken and with chipped paint, adorns the top of this
staff. A rusty iron ring, found on a beach in Alaska long ago
rests on one of the "thorns" and will not slide off
over the top. From the ring hang various bones, strung along
with ancient stone beads, onto false sinew (the real stuff gets
too brittle). Along with the bones is a cluster of irridescent
cock freathers and an antique bone carving from Japan that I
think of as a "cricket-clicker" for the sharp noise
it makes.
