Featured in this lot is this Deer-Society Apache Medicine staff done by Apache Carl Pierce in the late 20th century, from the Many Trails Collection at the former Indian Nation Trading Post in Livingston, Montana. This medicine staff was made by Apache, Carl Pierce in the 20th century. A medicine staff is a sacred, carved, and decorated wooden stick used in spiritual practices, representing the connection between worlds, carrying prayers, and aiding warriors, often adorned with leather, feathers, fur, and medicine bags for dancing, healing, and communication with the Great Spirit. This staff features a beautiful painted, five point White Tail deer skull with colors of yellow, orange, navy blue and black. Attached to the points of the antlers are rawhide strips with trade & steel beads attached. Also attached to rawhide strips are deer dewclaws with attached buffalo tail hair, horse tail hair and turkey feathers. The tips of the antlers are painted black. The wood staff is adorned with brass tacked rawhide and rawhide strips adorned with more deer dewclaws and trade beads. Three sections of buffalo tail hair adorn the staff on the main section white the top section and left and right outcroppings show a total of five more buffalo tail hair adornments. The staff shows good condition overall with little wear present and no signs of damage noted. The staff measures 68 3/4" L x 24 1/4" W x 18 1/4" D and weighs 7 pounds and 10 ounces. TURKEY FEATHERS