With images of the Creator - God, and Mother Moon & the Morning Star this is a full embodiment of the Blackfeet culture. The yellow and black buffalo tipi designs and the blue on the vest represent the sky, also known as the house of the sun. The floral designs in the hat represent healing. The horses at the bottom are for wealth and provision. The circle designs seen as yellow dots on the face of the figure symbolize the Big Dipper and are there to remind us of the Sky people. The shirt is yellow which is the color of the sun ;the creator, and the dots on the shirt show us the stars and the heavens. Ledger Size: 23"x17" This piece is framed. Terrance Guardipee is an internationally acclaimed Blackfeet painter and ledger artist, consistently recognized for the traditional depiction of his Blackfeet heritage and contemporary innovation demonstrated in his work. Terrance was one of the first Native artists to revive the historical ledger art tradition, and was the first ledger artist to transform the style from the single page custom into his signature map collage concept. His style of art is known as "Ledger Art" which is a collage mixed media on a very large ledger paper with antique documents, checks, maps and stock receipts. The leading institutions in the Native art community consistently acknowledge Terrance’s innovative incorporation of authentic Blackfeet images into his own contemporary form of ledger art.
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