The Healing and Blessings of Indigenous Crafts: Meanings, Ritual Uses, and Care
The healing and blessings of indigenous crafts come from relationship: relationship with land, ancestors, makers, materials, community, ceremony, and memory. A woven basket, beadwork, carving, textile, drum, clay vessel, or medicine pouch is not automatically a “spiritual tool” for everyone who sees it. Its meaning depends on the culture it comes from, the person who … Read more