THE TURTLE : THE SYMBOL FOR SELF PRESERVATION. DETERMINATION, ABILITY TO SET ONES OWN PACE, AND TO STAY GROUNDED AND PREVAIL IN THE FACE OF OBSTACLES. THIS TOTEM ENCOURAGES ONE TO LISTEN DEEPLY TO THEIR GUIDANCE, AND TRUST THEIR PATH. 



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A REAL PIECE OF A TURTLE SHELL, FOUND HAVING DIED A NATURAL DEATH IN LOUISIANA, PROCESSED AND CLEANED BY MYSELF, WHICH I HAVE COATED IN A THICK LAYER OF COPPER AND OXIDIZED, THEN GIVEN A LIGHT WAX COATING WITH CYPRESS OIL TO SECURE ITS PATINA AND BRING SUBTLE SCENTS OF THE SWAMP.



ATTACHED ARE THREE BEADS, MADE OF CYPRESS WOOD, HAND STAINED WITH A SECRET MANY INGREDIENT BLEND, INCLUDING CHICORY AND CLOVES TO HOLD THE MAGIC OF NEW ORLEANS CLOSE.