62 days: Blanket # 59: native universe

Tsimshian Face Mask

Polychromed wood | 7.75" x 7" x 4.75" | Dundas Collection | © Southeby's | New York

Blanket # 59:

• the Native universe
  
• the objects have power
• totem poles: three-dimensional family histories
• journeys from distant places
• marriages, births and deaths
• transformations
• heroic deeds
• identity: tribal, clan, family, individual
• the expression of: values, traditions, beliefs
• the sacred: the connection between human world and spirit world
• law, songs, dances, poems, stories, ceremonies, rituals
• the sacred relationship with the land: the seen and unseen forces around
• sacred places: mountains, oceans, rivers, lakes, valleys, plains
• the earth: flesh, blood and bones
• cemeteries: sacred ground
• earth, sun, stars and moon
• creativity: spirit, imagination, design
• a dream trail: of circles: of languages, stories, medicine, arts and teachings