BIRTH DAG OF SHAQ TU

12 1/2" overall (1997)

Damascus steel, 22k gold, 10k red gold, silver,bronze, Wooly Mammoth ivory, fossil sea cow.

This piece represents Shaq Tu at puberty.His facial tattoos are the first in the life cycle of a Shantu clan member. The pattern in the damascus represents the balance in the physical body at this stage in the initiates lifet.