_Sun Circles and Human Hands:
the Southeastern Indians - Art and Industry_
edited by Emma Lila Fundaburk and Mary Douglass Foreman
Southern Publications: Fairhope, Alabama 1957,1985
"Since the archeological investigations of the sites of Etowah and
Mounville, it has been apparent that there exists in the southeaastern
United States a complex of specific motifs and ceremonial objects. ...
The Hand and Eye consists of an extended hand containing a naturalistic eye in the center of the palm. Both nails and volar markings are frequently shown upon the same example. The eye may be replaced by a cross in a circle. (Thurston, 1890. Fig. 40.
-- A.J. Waring, Jr. and Preston Holder, "A Prehistoric Ceremonial Complex in the Southeastern United States," American Anthropolgist, vol. 47, no. 1, January-March 1945, pp 1-34.
Motifs, plate 17, VII. the Hand and Eye
VII a: Moundvile, engraved on bow. Moore, 1907, Fig. 62.
VII b: Moundville, engraved on bowl, Moore, 1907, Fig. 45.
VII c: Nashville, Tenn., painted bottle. Thruston, 1890, Fig. 40.
VII d: Spiro, shell gorget. Science News Letter.
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Prehistoric Designs -- Spiro, plate 28
Fragments of designs engraved on Spiro shells;
various cult symbols (All these are after Hamilton,
The Spiro Mound, 1952, and reproduced, courtesy,
The Missouri Archaeological Society.)
Fig. 84, C.V. Stone collection.
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Prehistoric Designs -- Moundville, plate 33
The prehistoric Indian site of Moundville, Alabama, is located on the Black Warrior River in Hale County. More than two dozen truncated earth mounds were built there by the Indians. The first extensive excavation at this site was directed by Clarence B. Moore. It was recorded in the Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, which published two volumes dealing primarily with Moundville. They were, Aboriginal Remains of the Black Warrior River. ... 1905 (BWR) ...
Skull and hand and eye; about 3-1/2" wide, on entire side of cup (BWR-62 and 63). Bone, hand, skull, cross, arrow-type object, and star in oval (BWR-147).
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Prehistoric Designs -- Moundville, plate 36
Designs after Clarence B. Moore and the Alabama Museum of Natural History collection, Mound State Monument, Moundville, Alabama. These are not tracings; they are only quickly made free-hand drawings, but they are closely representative, and show the variety of typical cult designs and combinations of designs used at Moundville.
Various bands of designs with cult symbols including the hand, bone, and
skull symbols. (These include, Moore, BWR 22, 63, 147, 153, and MR 45, 46.)
Various bands of designs showing the ogee or open eye (or female symbol?)
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Prehistoric Designs -- Moundville, plate 37
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Hopewell hand of mica
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great site on "eye-in-hand amulets" & the hamsa hand at the Lucky W Amulet Archive: http://www.luckymojo.com/HamsaHand.html
by Catherine Yronwode ...
The eye-in-hand is an old and still popular apotropaic amulet for
protection from the evil eye. Combining the imagery of
Greek and Turkish blue eye charms with the downward-facing
Arab and Israeli hamsa hand, the eye-in-hand is common in India and the southern
Mediterranean region.
The three modern eye-in-hand amulets shown here are 3/4 of an
inch to one inch in length. From left to right they are:
- A sterling silver eye-in-hand amulet from Israel in which the
eye is replaced by a domed piece of burgundy-coloured glass; it was bought
at a head shop in Berkeley, California, in 1995.
- A carved bone eye-in-hand amulet from India, bought from
Indian immigrants at a flea market in Oakland, California, in 1996. When
asked what it was used for, the seller said, "To protect."
- A sterling silver amulet in which a blue eye of lapis lazuli has been
displaced above the hand and the hand itself reaches down to
touch a five-petaled flower (perhaps a potentilla species)
and what may be ocean waves or mountain peaks. The country of origin is
unknown; it was bought at a new age cosmetics shop in Sebastopol,
California, in 1995.
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Open Studios tour to feature group of East Bay Jewish artists
Lorilee Howard, Bulletin Correspondent, Jewish Bulletin of Northern California
http://www.jewish.com/bk950602/ebartist.htm 27-Jul-95
Nine East Bay artists are uniting under the umbrella of their Jewish heritage to display their works in a single exhibit at this year's Pro Arts Open Studios.
The artists are representing JACOB (Jewish Arts Community of the Bay) at the popular yearly event, which takes place June 10-11 and 17-18 throughout Berkeley, Oakland and Richmond. ...
Katya Miller, a nationally-known jewelry designer, will exhibit a variety of gold and silver designs inspired by her visit to Israel 20 years ago.
"I spent a wonderful and memorable year in Israel," says Miller, "and since then, I've wanted to revive and re-create the many symbols of peace, healing and renewal that appear so beautifully throughout the region."
Her Hands of Peace and Healing and The Star Hand were inspired by the Middle Eastern Hand of Fatima, an early symbol of protection. They can be worn in the form of earrings, pendants and charm necklaces.
One of Miller's most popular pieces, The Jerusalem Peace Hand, is an open-handed hamsa amulet that features a Star of David, a crescent moon with star and a cross. A Hamsa is an ancient symbol that traditionally signified good luck by warding off evil. The design has been adopted as a symbol of the new Mideast peace process, and one of its wearers is Archbishop Dionysius Behnam Yacoub Jajjawi, leader of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem.
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Filigree Hamsa
Protective hand amulet in traditional Middle Eastern filigree style.
Height 29 mm
GP311G - 14k gold $100
GP311S - sterling silver $26
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an Eye in Hand in the movie "Netherworld"
with the Ouidjat - eye of Horus drawn on its palm,
flies through the air and strangles a bad guy
Netherworld (1991) http://e1.eonline.com/Facts/Movies/0,60,24804,00.html © 1981-1997 Videolog. All rights reserved.
Director: David Schmoeller, writer-director Category: Horror/Suspense
Cast: Michael Bendetti, Denise Gentile, Anjanette Comer, Holly Floria, Robert Burr, Robert Sampson
Run Time: 89 (mins) Rating: R Distributer: Malofilm Group, Filmed in New Orleans PARAMOUNT
Summary: Corey Thornton's bold quest for truth may cost him his life. Surrounded by the enticing ways of black magic, haunted by a ghost from his past and driven by the desire for a mysterious woman, young Corey is about to enter that place beyond imagination. || The heir to a Louisiana estate may lose his soul after he learns of his late father's occult heritage. || A man falls prey to his late father's supernatural legacy. (SciFi channel 25 october 1997)
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Mon, 16 Feb 1998 17:52:47 -0400 http://www.hersalon.com/shrine/music/indigo/faq1.htm
5.6. What does the tattoo on Amy's forearm mean?
Amy explained the tattoo in "Fashion" magazine (circa 1989):
"This is spiritual, and it's blue for charity; this is compassion;
this is intellectual grounding; this is the love of the earth;
this is the center of the soul..."
Niki Pantelias, founder of the original Indigo Girls mailing list,
also reported in a November 1990 posting to the list that Amy had said
that the tattoo was the Sioux Indian symbol for love inside a hand,
and "basically it means love".
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The MUAB Film Committee is a group of student volunteers at Arizona State University in
Tempe, Arizona.
We run the Union Cinema, a 225-seat theater in the Memorial Union.
We choose the films, advertise them, run the concessions stand, and even project the films ourselves! ...
Currently, the Film Committee is gearing up for the
First Annual Eye In Hand Film Festival.
This festival, started by the Film Committee, will feature
student films from all over the country, plus a lot more.
| Membership is open to all ASU Students.
Our meetings are held weekly at 3:00 PM on the third floor of the Memorial Union in the MUAB conference rooms.
Any
questions? Call us at (602) 965-6822.
Last updated: November 29th, 1995
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KUMUSH
The 'old man of the ancients' in Modoc Indian legend, Kumush descended with his daughter to the underground realm of spirits, and having spent six days and six nights there, decided to return,and bring some of the shades with him. He collected the bones in a big basket, and set off, but was balked twice by the long and steep climb out of the netherworld. Every time he fell,the bag opened and the bones leapt out, taking flesh as the spirits whose bones they were, shouting and singing. The third time he shouted angrily to the spirits to remain quiet,and he managed the climb out of the underworld, bringing the spirits with him, including those that begot the tribe of the Modocs. Then he finished his arrangement of the world, travelled along the sun's road, and built for himself and his daughter a house in the middle of the sky, where they still live today.
source: http://www.clubi.ie/lestat/ofgodsk.html
Modoc Indian War in California and Oregon lava beds, 1872--73
More on the Modoc: go to http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/cgi-win/fulltcgi.exe/Modoc_War|indian.bat\modoc.war
http://emayzine.com/lectures/nwtribes.htm
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from a 1998 almanac |
 | a little work for a friend... you already have the same but not with these colors....
thx 4 ur page, I like it very much BuBBle, french studient...
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