During the 1980s and early 1990s, Tasseor focused primarily on small and medium-sized carvings. In time, she and her husband, Richard Tutsweetok, began travelling across the land to source their own stone. They gathered both smooth, rounded fieldstones and more angular rocks, many of which were too hard for traditional hand tools. This shift led Tasseor to adopt electric grinders, expanding both her materials and her scale.

In this work, a large gathering of figures is arranged in a loosely pyramidal formation, with a prominent figure, undoubtedly the matriarch, placed at the top. Her placement suggests reverence and seniority, and she serves as a visual anchor from which the cascading faces of her kin descend. The effect is monumental and gorgeous.

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