Silver Buffalo Nickel Eagle Money Clip 2 FOR I SALE 1004-MC
Silver Buffalo Nickel Eagle Money Clip.
Hold your cash in style! This Money clip features the traditional image of the mighty eagle in a perfectly made pewter cast. The soaring eagle symbol has been overlaid onto the shining nickel Silver money clip underneath a genuine Indian Head Buffalo Nickel. It is 1" by 1-3/4". Cash is not included.
To Native Americans, the eagle embodied not only ferocity but also purity, for it flew high in the atmosphere, where the air was clearest - and where, in the belief of many Indians, the Great Spirit resided. Those who wished to ask something of the Great Spirit sometimes sent their message by way of the eagle spirit. Some believe birds to be symbols of the soul, as well as intermediaries to the gods. Seeking their cooperation, Native Americans have plied bird spirits with offerings and performed dances.
No creature stood closer to the Great Spirit than the buffalo. Relying as they did on the flesh, skin, and bones of that animal for almost everything they needed - be it food, clothing, shelter, or tools - the people of the Plains addressed prayers directly to the generous buffalo, confident that the animal would serve as their intermediary wih the Great spirit. Those prayers brought many blessings. The scared peace pipe was given to their ancestors by White Buffalo Calf Woman, a beautiful maiden who, after teaching the Sioux how to use the pipe changed herself into a white buffalo calf.
No animal has ever given so much to a people as the largest and most spectacular creature of North America, the great American bison. The Plains Indians depended upon the buffalo for food, shelter, and clothing. The Indian male revered, studied and imitated them, and eventually gave them religious qualities. The medicine men called upon the powers of the "spirit buffalo" to help them in rituals. POWER...STRENGTH...PROSPERITY.
It is told that the spirit of the buffalo--will return to reunite the people, thereby mending the Sacred Hoop, which has no ending and no beginning. This will be a time for the prophecies to come together, for people of all colors to understand about Mother Earth, and to have respect for one anothers' nations. This will be a time for healing. |