In Head of a Moose Huron-Wendat artist Zacharie Vincent (1815–1886) demonstrates his close observation of nature and his skill in conveying a powerful sense of the animal. The drawing also evokes the creation myth of the Wendat chiefs, which tells the story of the twins Tsestah (Made of Fire) and Tawiskaron (Made of Flint). Tsestah was the first to take up the task of creation, and to protect humanity from hunger, labour, and pain he made the plains, the forests, the rivers, fruit-bearing trees, and fish without scales. Tawiskaron, to prevent humanity from becoming too comfortable, then sowed disorder and difficulty, creating mountains, swamps, rapids, the north wind, ferocious animals, and fish covered with scales. Each brother had the power to modify the other’s work, but not to reverse it completely; thus, the principles of Good and Evil were not antithetical but complementary.