Pendant:
Lenght: 7.5cm / 2.9 inches
Width: 7.4cm / 2.9 inches
Necklace:
Lenght: 63.5cm / 25 inches
This style of necklace invokes the Indji, or “Red Indian,” spirits of the Winti religion. The”white-heart” beads evoke the “redness” of the Indian spirits and the purity of their hearts. The silver pendant, like much Afro-Caribbean religious imagery of Native Americans, employs the Anglo-North American movie imagery of the North American Plains Indian, with emphasis on the feather bonnet. This head invokes the Kapitein, or Chief, of the Indji spirits of Winti
Contact
Sacred Arts of the Black Atlantic Project, Duke University
Box 90091
Durham, NC 27708
Email
jm217@duke.edu