RATTLESNAKE BITE WINE BOTTLE HOLDER NW3038
Our Rattlesnake Wine Bottle Holder will be a striking addition to your home or cabin. It features a highly-detailed rattlesnake design to hold a bottle of wine at just the right angle. The holder is constructed of durable polyresin and is 9 1/2”x6 3/8”x8 2/5” overall. The body of the snake is fashioned in stunning detail and looks just like the real thing. Complete with fangs and intricately carved scales and rattle, this little protector will wrap himself 'round your heart as quick as he coils himself around your best bottle of wine or spirits. |
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• Constructed of durable polyresin
• Dimensions: 9 1/2”x6 3/8”x8 2/5”
• Highly realistic detailing
• Makes a Fang-tastic Gift!
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The rattlesnake is called utsa'nati which may be translated as, "he has a bell," referring to its tail rattle. According to a Native American Cherokee myth, the snake was once a man, and was transformed to his present shape that he might save the human race from extermination by the Sun; a mission which he accomplished successfully after others had tried and failed. By the tribal elders the rattlesnake is also spoken of as "the thunder necklace" and to kill a rattlesnake is to destroy one of the most prized ornaments of the thunder god. Few Cherokee will venture to kill one except under absolute necessity, and even then the crime must be atoned for by asking pardon of the snake's ghost. either in person or through the mediation of a shaman priest, according to a precise ritual.
--ref Native American Legends the Snake Tribe
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