Designed and fabricated as a contemporary Lakota expression about deep cultural connections to the land and spirit of the Buffalo, this pendant utilizes the South Dakota State Gem as a central setting on a Sterling Silver buffalo skull motif. Filled with representational rocks, this pendant also represents the healing qualities of the Stone Nation, Inyan Oyate. Strung on a hand braided, hand tanned, smoked buckskin lanyard, carved buffalo hoof dangles add an additional Lakota aesthetic to this contemporary Lakota creation.