> Can any of our Canadian spiders tell me if the First Nations use symbols for > earth, air, fire and water which would be used on totem poles and if so what > they are, as I've looked on the net but can't find anything (maybe I'm > looking in the wrong places) and our local UK library is not into things > Canadian.
A quick reference to the book "Looking at Indian Art of the Northwest Coast" by Hilary Stewart shows as design motifs many animals, the sun, the moon and the human. No mention of the four elements. Nor have I ever heard stories relating these. Our daughter-in-law is a (adopted) descendent of the famous Mungo Martin, Charlie Jameson and Ellen Neel - totem carvers. http://www.ravenpublishing.com/ Some good info here, check out the links at the bottom of the page. (The Hunt family named on this page are related to the above named carvers). http://www.davidmorgan.com/nwart.html Although this is a 'selling' webpage, there are some good descriptions of the various animals. There are many more pages - found by typing in "Coast Indians art" in google. Hope this helps you Greetings from Beautiful British Columbia Esther Perry - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
