From the Trail of Painted Ponies Native American Themed Collection, Sundancer. Designed by artist, Joyce Kennedy. Made of hand-painted resin. Measures 6" tall.

The Sun Dance was the most spectacular and important religious ceremony of the Plains Indians of the 19th century. It was designed to bring renewal – the spiritual rebirth of its participants, harmony between all living beings, and the return of the all-important buffalo. Incorporating many of the sacred materials and symbolic elements of the Sun Dance ceremony into her design – a sage noseband, pictograph horses traveling from each of the four sacred directions, a white buffalo skull, a war bonnet sun graphic – this Montana graphic artist has created a Pony that represents the essence of the Sun Dance: renewal and balance, and the reaffirmation of relationships between people and nature. For thirty years this versatile Minnesota artist. Made a living as an illustrator and graphic artist, before expanding to include oil painting, woodcarving, and Pony painting.