Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
Dear Dina, As far as I know only the sun and the moon are symbols between lots of animals and the human beeing itself. When we travelled Canada I bought a little booklet about this Indian Art with the title "Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast" from Hilary Stewart. perhaps you could find this one. Eveything is wonderfull explained in it. Greetings Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
i don't know of any canadian totem poll symbols for earth, air, water, and fire, but if you want to use the keltic symbols for your totem poll, it would be: an eagle or bird for air, a bull for earth, a dolphin, fish, or water nymph for water, and a dragon for fire. i hope that helps even though i am sure that is not what you need. good luck. --- Dina Lecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My lace class is making a group entry for the Lace Guild's "Myth & > Mystery" > competition and our piece is a freestanding totem pole. > > Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use > symbols for > earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if > so what > they are, as I've looked on the net but can't find anything (maybe > I'm > looking in the wrong places) and our local UK library is not into > things > Canadian. > > If there are such symbols and any of you knowledgeable spiders can > send me > drawings of them privately I would be most grateful. > > Dina, who thanks you in advance for your help. > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] = from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
Dina, Here's another site about Haida art. Although other tribes have started making totem poles the Haida on the west coast of what is now British Columbia and Alaska were the first to do so. This site actually tells about design principles found in their art. http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/posters/hend1.htm This is a very interesting site with lots of information about the poles. http://users.imag.net/~sry.jkramer/nativetotems/default.html The poles tell a story about the clan or their mythology. And while we think the 'top of the totem pole' is a good place to be, it is actually at the bottom where the most important character is placed. Heather Abbotsford, BC No expert on Haida art but I've lived here for a long time. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
On Monday, October 13, 2003, at 12:23 PM, Esther Perry wrote: A quick reference to the book "Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast" by Hilary Stewart shows as design motifs many animals, the sun, the moon and the human. No mention of the four elements. Nor have I ever heard stories relating these. Me neither. I've seen a fair number of totem poles and spent some time reading about Northwest Coast symbolism and legends, and I've never heard of such a thing. I think the First Nations don't see the world that way. Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Symbols for elements
> Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols for > earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if so what > they are, as I've looked on the net but can't find anything (maybe I'm > looking in the wrong places) and our local UK library is not into things > Canadian. A quick reference to the book "Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast" by Hilary Stewart shows as design motifs many animals, the sun, the moon and the human. No mention of the four elements. Nor have I ever heard stories relating these. Our daughter-in-law is a (adopted) descendent of the famous Mungo Martin, Charlie Jameson and Ellen Neel - totem carvers. http://www.ravenpublishing.com/ Some good info here, check out the links at the bottom of the page. (The Hunt family named on this page are related to the above named carvers). http://www.davidmorgan.com/nwart.html Although this is a 'selling' webpage, there are some good descriptions of the various animals. There are many more pages - found by typing in "Coast Indians art" in google. Hope this helps you Greetings from Beautiful British Columbia Esther Perry - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Symbols for elements
My lace class is making a group entry for the Lace Guild's "Myth & Mystery" competition and our piece is a freestanding totem pole. Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols for earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if so what they are, as I've looked on the net but can't find anything (maybe I'm looking in the wrong places) and our local UK library is not into things Canadian. If there are such symbols and any of you knowledgeable spiders can send me drawings of them privately I would be most grateful. Dina, who thanks you in advance for your help. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
