Photographs (left to right): All Arches National Park, Utah

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Cherokee Friendship Belt

Design and made by R.D.Hamell April 06, 2022

Original Size:	Beaded Length: 28.0 inches. Width 3.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 48.0 inches.
Beads:	Columns: 168. Rows: 14. Total beads: 2,352.
Materials:	Warp: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial Sinew. Beads: Polymer.

Description

Friendship Belt incorporating the holder’s Guarding spirits - the Owl and Panther. Also showing the legends of the Great Bear (Seven Hunters) and the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) constellations. The central diamond displaying the colors of the Sacred Directions with Turtle Island (green) in the center. The seven purple bars at the ends invoke the importance the Seven Generations.

Reference

Hamell, R. D. 2022.