A Totem to Our Ancestors

May 9, 2010

During this past work weekend, the sculptor Moss Tidd was here to start what he describes as “a totem to the ancestors which serves as an altar.” The work included putting a one-quarter ton rock in a cement base and epoxying other rocks to it.

Rock on ground

Moss and two volunteers get ready to put the rock in place

Getting the rock off the dolly

Getting the rock off the dolly

Rising the rock

Making it vertical

Leveling

Checking to see that it is level

Cement

Securing the base with cement

Totem with other rocks

Other rocks are added

The totem will be dedicated during Easton Mountain’s anniversary celebration.

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