ANT101H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Turtle Shell
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Bringing academic research together with aboriginal contributions and expertise. Building relationships with people who you are studying. Recognize the land that we walk on. Shaft made with a specific tree, representing seeking the sun. Feathers ruffled at the end to help silent the arrow, mimics the owl (silent hunter with ruffled tail) The arrow uses the textbooks of nature in it"s design. Made with cedar wood and turtle shell. Fringe significance: when you shake the device the fringes dance with the beat and sends energy in all directions, including to mother earth. Turtle shell, has 13 segments representing the 13 months of the lunar calendar. Outside of shell has 28/29 small segments representing the 29 days of the month.
