Photographs (left to right): Tetons, Wyoming; Capitol Reef National Park, Utah; Anza Borrego Desert, California

Wampum Belt Archive

Jefferson Svengsouk Belt

R.D.Hamell Jan 26 2020

Original Size:	Beaded Length: 20.3 inches. Width 5.5 inches. Length w/fringe: 44.3
Beads:	Columns: 128. Rows: 11. Beads: 1,408.
Materials:	Warps: Deer Leather. Weft: Artificial sinew. Beads: Glass.

Description:

In recognition of Dr. Svengsouk MD innovative approach introducing flute music in palliative care. The box cross on left is a representative of the One Dish-One Spoon a symbol from which all can share the resources. It bears the colors of Dr. Svengsouk homeland, Thailand. Center: medicine pipe with burning tobacco. The cross on right is a medicine wheel with the four sacred directions. The red stripes stand for the blood shed by the Lao people on both banks of the Mekong River (the multi-ethnic people of Laos and the Isan people of Northeastern Thailand) in their struggle for freedom and independence from the French, and the blue symbolizes the Mekong River itself, a symbol of the nation's prosperity. The khene is a mouth organ usually made of bamboo. Today this type of flute is associated with the people of Laos and Ian and dates back to the Bronze Age in East Asia ©.3100-300 bc). In Laos, white is the color of peace, good fortune, honesty and warmth.