TALKING STICK

The Talking Stick is used by the speaker or orator who has the right to make an important announcement.

It conveys with it, the authority to speak during meetings. 

The stick is carved with crest figures and ornamented.  During the Potlatch Ceremony, this was a representation of the property to be given away.  By touching the stick, the guests formally indicated their acceptance of amount.

 The heralds who went from house to house to invite people to events carried other staffs, such as Gwispeck