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Raven Spirit Medicine Shield
Cynthia Whitehawk - Apache

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Hand crafted and hand painted
Native American Ceremonial Healing Art

The Raven Spirit Shield is hand crafted from a gourd and hand decorated using pyrography (carving with fire) painting with acrylics and enamals. The shield is signed and dated by the artist and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Draped from the base of the dream catcher are turquoise and coral heishi beads and nickel beads. In the center is a hand carved and painted buffalo bone raven feather totem.

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Paula says -

"This Ceremonial Raven Medicine Shield is so engaging and powerful. It has a pair of Spirit Ravens soaring over the top of the Medicine Wheel with a Feather Shield creating a vortex of energy.

"Cynthia Whitehawk is such a talented artist. This Raven Shield is mounted on a dreamcatcher and was entirely hand crafted, made in ceremony, with attention to detail & durability."

The cascading jet black deerskin fringe is beaded with traditional red, gold and black buffalo horn, nickel and copper beads.

The hand crafted medicine bag of black buckskin is filled with tiny quartz crystals, turquoise and sacred tobacco and sage.

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Words from Apache artist Cynthia Whitehawk:

MINIATURES - The techniques used in the creation of this one of a kind art are the most difficult to master. Miniature pyrography (carving with fire) takes the utmost of patience, a precise clear vision, as well as an extremely delicate hand. Not only is miniature work the most difficult, but the most time consuming, add to that working on a slick rounded surface which requires the highest of skill. This art is extremely rare and only practiced by the most gifted of people.

DREAM CATCHERS - Dreamcatchers originated in the Ojibwa Nation and were later adopted by Native Americans of a number of different Nations. The dreamcatcher was based on a willow hoop on which was woven a net or web of sinew. It was then decorated with personal and sacred items such as feathers and beads. Some consider the dreamcatcher a symbol of unity among the various Indian Nations, and a general symbol of identification with Native American or First Nations cultures. Others believe that dreamcatchers protect sleepers from nightmares - the web allows only good dreams to pass through while holding bad dreams to perish in the light of day.

CROW/RAVEN MEDICINE - The Raven and Crow are very similar in their strengths: both carry great responsibility to Spirit and are the messengers of magic and healing from the universe where all knowledge waits for us. They also symbolize changes in consciousness, of levels of awareness and perception.

SPIDER WOMAN - She is the creator and weaver of life, the great teacher, protector and Mother of all creation. She manifests as Sacred Guardian, overseeing the welfare of all those in need. In her aspect as Creator and Mother, Spider Woman affirms that women are essential and central to the life process. She reminds us that people of all races were created from the same source, with equal rights and responsibilities.

SPIRIT SHIELD - Shields are ancient ceremonial tools, providing protection from that which would harm or divert one from the good path, bringing strength and healing through ones power totems, Spirit Animals and Beings, and Mother Earths elements.

MANDALA - A design symbolic of the universe that is used in Hinduism and Buddhism as an aid to meditation. An Apache mandala is a hoop similar to a dreamcatcher but instead of a web the hoop is filled with yarn, feathers, fur and usually has feathers hanging from the bottom. Mandala is something you hang for prosperity and good fortune on a door or wall inside your office, home, hogan, or tipi.