Psychotherapeutic Point

1992
Assemblage with arrowhead
6 x 7 x 6 Inches
Implement detaches from mount.
Collection of Richard Garriot, Austin, TX

The pointed implement detaches from the mount. Originally used by Native American peoples as a device for correcting mental illness and driving out bad ghosts. Other points could be inserted for treating a variety of ailments. (if we had just left them alone…)