My thoughts are those that lived a relatively easy life had time to be a bit artistic. I.e plains locales, along the Columbia with abundant salmon, and here in Oregon those around Klamath Lake and the river. The Paiute tribe that lived out in Oregon's desert has to work hard for a living and didn't invest too much in the arts.
Nice work up there Butchlambert1. What's the shaft material?
I don't know. The fellow showed me a rock with a hole in it. He pushed the shaft through for the final shape. He was feom SE Okla., but I met him when he lived in Blossom, Texas. I have quite a lot of beadwork from my Uncle Jonesy, We are Choctaw. Jonesy was a bead worker and fancy dancer.
