Kolowisi Zuni Water Serpent

Super Water Serpent, Kolowisi Hand Carved from an elk antler with a pen shell feathered cowl and horn with turquoise inlaid eyes, mother of pearl nostrils and an inlaid pen shell  and mother of pearl back stripe with incised scale details throughout (no elk was harmed in making this Water Serpent because the elk naturally shed their antlers each fall). Here is the wonderful legend of Kolowisi the Zuni Water Serpent: The feathered or horned water serpent is a hero in Zuni because he saved the Zuni people from the flood. When the waters rushed into Zuni Pueblo, the people fled to the top of their sacred mountain, Dowa Yallane (Corn Mountain) to get above the flood. They were dying of thirst and starvation and so said prayers to each of the six directions, asking for rescue. Kolowisi heard their prayers and came from the West direction and rested his jaw on top of Dowa Yallane and regurgitated fresh water, meat and seeds and so saved the Zuni people. When the waters receded Kolowisi did n