After a brief hiatus, we have another neckerchief slide from a New York Lodge. This one is from Mister OAimages himself, John Pannell. Some of you may not know, but Shinnecock Lodge, was where John was inducted years ago in the dim ages.
Earlier entries in this series, can be found by clicking on the Neckerchief category in the left sidebar.
John has a similar filing system to mine, but he did add the following:
As you can see, it’s handpainted on handcarved wood so I’d expect some significant variations. I have two of them but this was the first one I found in the mess here…
As you can see, it depicts the Tern, the Shinnecock Lodge totem.
If anyone has other slides or bolos from a New York State OA Lodge, please send images of them along to share with us.
Very interesting-
If you can confirrm the manufacturer of this slide (Roland Flora?), I am certain the #294 slides were of the same manufacturer. It appears to have the same style leather loop on back for attaching to the neckerchief and (I believe) a groove in the back of the slide for placement of the arrow. Your insight?
-Ray
I was inducted in 360 in 1979. After I graduated from high school in 1982 I had no further involvment there. So I’m not that much help on the specifics of who/where this was made.
It was my impression they were hand carved by someone “connected” to the lodge, but that could have easily been Roland Flora. It was not at all uncommon for Suffolk County Council troops to go to TMR, so folks there could have been acquainted with Flora. It seems logical.
Yes, the arrow is mounted within a groove.
I had no difficulty getting the piece then, so I wouldn’t have expected it to be obscure. Perhaps there’s a Shinnecock brother here who knows more about this?