Wednesday, December 9, 2009

"Ancestral Spirits"


Acrylic painting represents the following:


  • TAWA (Spirit of the Sun) - The sun overlooks all things on earth (top).

  • TALAVAI (Morning Kachina) - Sings songs and rings a bell to relay news of the past, present, and future (right).

  • HAHAI-I (Hopi Grandmother) - She is present at most important dances and represents the Hopi people for the acceptance of our return to the under world (left-bottom).

Painted October 2002 by G.L. Dashee.

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