Prayer” whether it be through your lips, in your thoughts , actions or sacrificial offerings, we are always in conversation with the creator and the ancestors. This gorget’s patterns and shape are based on ancestral shell carvings and petroglyph reliefs. The material itself is Opalite a beloved material of the Chickasaw ancestors during the 1700s that have been found at the Chickasaw preserve in Mississippi. The necklace is accented with brass fixtures to connect to the leather strap necklace with buffalo horn bead & shell to pin everything together.