Meaning of Tai-me

Tai-me takes two forms in the book. It is both a character and an object. As an object Tai-me is a small idol under two feet tall. The image looks like a human and is dressed in a robe, a headdress, pendants, and painted with symbols of the sun and moon. The idol is made of green stone. When not being used for a ceremony the idol is kept in a small box and suspended from a stick inside the medicine lodge.