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9" Dreamcatchers
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Retail Price
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$28.69
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Your Price
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$22.00
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This beautiful dreamcatchers are crafted by Evans Craig, a Navajo Artisian, from Shiprock, New Mexico, Navajo Nation, USA. Evans is one of a long line of artisians from the
Navajo Nation, who has been practicing his artwork for over 30 years.
The dreamcatcher is approximately 9" in diameter. The dreamcather has feather groups
hanging from the sides.
ORAL TRADITION: Ojibway legend
One of the old Ojibway traditions was to hang a dream catcher in their homes. They believe that the
night air is filled with dreams both good and bad. The dream catcher, when hung, moves freely in the air and catches the dreams as they float by. The good dreams know the
way and slip through the center hole and slide down off the soft feather so gently the sleeper below sometimes hardly knows he is dreaming. The bad dreams, not knowing the
way, get entangled in the webbing and perish with the first light of the new day.
Small dream catchers were hung on cradle boards so infants would have good
dreams. Other sizes were hung in lodges for all to have good dreams.
The originals were made of night whispering willow and night seeing owl's feathers by
grandmothers in the tribe and given to new babies and newly married couples for their lodges. Todays catchers are made with a variety of materials but are still hand
crafted with the same loving care as the Ojibway made theirs.
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Tribal Mall #
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EC14091
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Shipping/Insurance
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$8.85
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Native Artist/Business
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Evans Craig, Native Artisian
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