Beschrijving

Mooie eenvoudige smudge veer, gemaakt van een kalkoen veer afgewerkt met zwart hertenleer en beadwork in de 4 kleuren van het medicijnwiel.

De afmeting van deze veer is 4 cm en totale lengte is 36cm

De veer is gekocht op een powwow in Ottawa in Ontario op 26 mei 2018
The Smudging Ceremony

Native people use herbs in a sacred manner to be helped into the sacred

realm. One ceremony is to burn certain herbs, take the smoke in one’s

hands and rub it over the body. This is called smudging and in Western

North America three plants are used : sage, cedar and sweetgrass.

Sage ; is burned in smudging ceremonies to drive out ill feelings or

influences, protectng the place of ceremony. Cedar ; is burned for the

purpose of cleansing and while praying either aloud or silently. The prayers

rise on the cedar smoke on their way to the creator. Sweetgrass ; is one of the

most sacred plants to the Plains Indians. It is frequently burned after eithe

sage or cedar to bring in positive influences and energies.