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These 9 photos of Jon's mastodon ivory cribbage board #4 show details
and several views of this ancient mastodon ivory scrimshawed master piece.
This cribbage board includes
a time capsule with a map of buried artifacts to be unearthed 1000 years after the creation of the
time capsule. The cribbage board depicts the faces of seven famous indian chiefs: Crazy Horse, Dull Knife, Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Red Cloud and Lone Wolf. Written across the board in six lines through the scrimshawed likenesses of the 7 chiefs is the following inscription written by Jon: " We have been here for thousands of years in this sacred place. The great spirit bequeathed it to us and he told us to keep it sacred, not to sell the land upon which the people walk or our shame would be as big as the earth, that the only one who has the right to dispose of it is the one who created it. We want only to remain here in peace, but our people are vanishing like the snow before a summer sun. Our people's dreams have died and the sacred tree is dead. You have kept only one of your promises to us. You said you would take our land and you have done it. Passed now is the time when the eagle spoke and the night brought visions, and the buffalo walked near to where we wait, in dignity and in deep belief...." This piece is can be purchased for an amount starting at five figures $xx,xxx. Anyone with a serious 5 figured offer can contact me, Jay Kelley, at my email address. Here is a link to an article about Jon, published in a November issue of the Cordova Times, the weekly newspaper for Cordova Alaska. |
