Multicolored small round beads and larger oblong beads, all plastic. A hoop 2" in diameter, a design within it, three double-strands descending from the bottom of the hoop, and a loop at the top of the hoop are all beaded. The descending strands each have as a final bead an oblong bead, with a white fluffy feather beneath the oblong bead.
In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher (Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh, the inanimate form of the Anishinaabemowin word for "spider") is a hoop, on which is woven a net or web. The dreamcatcher may also include sacred items such as certain feathers or beads. Traditionally Native American peoples hung are hung dreamcatchers over a cradle or bed as protection for infants.
Dreamcatchers were adopted in the Pan-Indian Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and gained popularity as a widely marketed "Native crafts items" in the 1980s.
- Subject Matter: Native American spirit
- Inventory Number: 2021.21
- Collections: Sacred World Art Collection