Guarding the Lodge - Blackfoot Warrior & Sacred Bundles by Howard Terpning

~ Guarding the Lodge by Howard Terpning available at Prickly Pear Galleries.

"This Blackfoot warrior is placing his sacred medicine bundles on a tripod outside of his tipi. These sacred bundles were always hung behind the tipi,” describes Terpning. "In working on this composition, I felt that the tripod itself was such a strong design element that I wanted to make sure that it was prominent in the overall layout of the picture. The important thing was to make sure that the figure was clearly visible and that the viewer could see that he was attaching the bundle as he held the other items in his left arm.”

MasterWork paper edition released August 2011.