Light as a Feather
This painting depicts a Native American Smudging Fan … The base of the feathers are wrapped in leather and from the leather strips each hangs a sacred bead ..
Red = East; success; triumph; the Red Road
Yellow = Above; God/Creator
Green = here in the center; self
Feathers, depicted in many, many ways, are symbols of prayers, marks of honor or sources of ideas. They represent the Creative Force, and are taken from birds connected with the attribute for which they might be utilized.
Smudging is the burning of certain herbs to create a cleansing smoke bath, which is used to purify people, ceremonial and ritual space, and ceremonial tools and objects.