Life is only possible when animal and plant life are regarded as kin the way Indigenous Peoples view all creation. Some Pueblo cultures view animals like the badger as a relative who emerged with humans, as sisters and brothers. It is a responsibility to care for and protect creation as one would care for a relative. Herbert Him, Sr.'s marble Badger shares a kincentricity with its ancestral pueblo home. The guardian badger has turquoise eyes and mighty digger claws. Herbert studied with the late Indigenous artist Allan Capron Houser or Haozous, an important sculptor, painter and book illustrator. About 2 1/2" long, 2 1/2" wide and 1" tall.
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