Pages

▼

Thursday, April 18, 2013

star chart

Star chart  painted with mineral pigments on tanned elk leather
The many tiny stars in the middle represent the milky way
A sacred object of the Skidi Pawnee tribe who lived in what is now Nebraska
Buffalo hunters
village livers
cosmic believers
It entered the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago in 1906
it was already between 100 and 300 years old
the north star is the largest cross

Sources:  here  and here  with thanks.
at

11 comments:

  1. Valerianna11:18 pm

    Mesmerizing.....

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thread Born11:20 pm

    This is just amazing!-Julie

    ReplyDelete
  3. Nancy1:20 am

    Amazing!

    ReplyDelete
  4. ronnie3:13 am

    ohhhh myyyyy!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Montse Llamas7:50 am

    Interesting textile.

    ReplyDelete
  6. arlee9:29 am

    now *that* is some inspiring

    ReplyDelete
  7. henrietta (aka ani aka zani)11:20 am

    ah but to hold it, one could feel a galaxy in the "palm of your hand," that experience of destiny in an hour.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hannah Lamb6:32 pm

    Beautiful, thank you for sharing this.

    ReplyDelete
  9. Velma Bolyard12:57 pm

    this is wonderful

    ReplyDelete
  10. Margaret Cooter9:55 am

    This is "up there" with paintings/maps of Aboriginal dreamings, Mbuti mudcloth story maps, navigation charts of the Marshall Islanders ... and I know not what (yet). Thanks for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Christine9:35 pm

    nice

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to connect. Much appreciated.xx