Medicine Wheel

Description

This Native American inspired vase features a star medicine wheel hand tied with brown waxed linen. It is embellished with Native American style Single Wrapped feathers. The feather on the left is wrapped in the Contemporary Eastern style. It uses a chicken feather and horse hair wrapped with waxed linen. It has black leather lacing, red and turquoise hemp cord, a disc of tan suede leather and 2 carved bone beads.
The feather on the right is wrapped in the Traditional Style. It features 3 feathers with the quills wrapped in turquoise felt. The felt was then wrapped with brown waxed linen. 3 bone beads hang from the quills. This feather is tied to a piece of brown leather lacing that is wrapped around the neck of the gourd. A chunk of turquoise is tied to the rim.
It is colored with cordovan leather dye inside and out and has a protective polyurethane finish.
This vase is not food safe or waterproof. It is for decorative purposes only.
It measures 8 1/2"w x 10 1/2"h and is 26" in circumference.
It is signed and dated.

Added on Dec 22, 2009