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Sacred Bond -"Sheltering Heart" by Lee Bogle.
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Sacred Bond -"Sheltering Heart" by Lee Bogle. Sixth and Final issue in the series. Bradford Exchange, 1996. Plate size approx 8 inches. Suggested retail $60.00
"Our circle is timeless, flowing.
It is new life emerging from death—life winning out over death"
John Lame Deer, Miniconjou Sioux
She has prepared for this all her life. All the solemn mysteries ushering her into womanhood, her marriage, and finally, the awesome discovery of new life growing within her—each deeply spiritual ritual prepared her body to become a sacred vessel for a new soul.
The unborn soul resides in darkness, and is utterly helpless. While pregnant, the mother avoided foods that might affect the child—speckled trout, rabbit, squirrel—and did not tie ropes or wear a scarf that might bring bad luck. She bathed in the river under the full moon, prayed and drank pine medicine to ensure long life.
Now, shimmering with the incredible power of birth, she wraps her newborn child in the symbolic strength of a wolverine
fur and proudly carries him from darkness into the light of life.
With spectacular drama and luminous beauty in this, the final plate of his series, artist Lee Bogle celebrates the Native Americans' rich, mystical traditions surrounding motherhood, birth, and life.
The creation of the fine collector's plate you have just acquired and whose authenticity is certified by this document is the result of work by an international cadre of skilled artisans. After the plate art was created in the United States, a fine ceramic transfer, incorporating pigments carefully chosen to faithfully re-create the vibrant beauty of the artist's original, was created in France and Germany and permanently fired into the fine Japanese porcelain plate body at more than 1,460° Fahrenheit by talented craftsmen and craftswomen in the United States.
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