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https://alyssahinton.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Alyssa-Hinton-Deer-Series-590.jpg590443Spring is deer time, and 'tis the season for the emergence of new life. I decided this would be a good time for the Completion of the Deer Series to happen...my mixed media composite Deer series, that is. I have plans for future deer paintings and deer sculptures. I started exploring Deer imagery in the studio around 2002. Initially this interest was sparked by stories I was told about members of the deer clan and how they are messengers for others. The deer is a universally sacred being in American Indian cultures, and around the world for that matter. Throughout indian country in north, central and south America, it is considered a spirit ally of the shaman. For the Tuscarora of North Carolina, the Deer Clan is at the top of the clan totem system. Historically, the deerskin trade was of paramount importance, as was (and still is) the wearing of the deerskin dress. Originally the slang term “buck” (one dollar bill) meant one deer skin.