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Thunderbird [painting] lessLIE (Coast Salish) Northwest Coast 2005 acrylic on paper 20" x 20" $ 1000.00 CDN contact us for more information. This piece is sold. Contact us if you would like to commission a similar artwork, or refer to our Commissioned Works section. View more pieces by this artist. previous  ·  index  ·  next This Coast Salish spindle whorl design depicts a Thunderbird with the spindle hole simultanously symbolizing the wHEELS (God gave us feet for a reason) of Western culture. the spindle whorl from Coast Salish cultures the medicine wheel from First Nations cultures the ancient wooden wheel from Mesopotamian culture the sacRED appreciation of the circle of First Nations cultures the secular, tech-NO-LOGICAL appreciation of the circle invented as wheels of Western culture the worlds a circle the worlds a wheel with beasts of burden fossil fuels primitive pollution --lessLIE

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