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Yahwera necklace
  • Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver
  • Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver
  • Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver
  • Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver
  • Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver
  • Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver
  • Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver
  • Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver

Yahwera, Native American Animal Master Necklace in silver

This petroglyph made by American Indians comes from the Renegade Canyon of the Coso Range Park in the state of California. This is the park with the highest density of petroglyphs in the United States.

This work engraved in stone represents a figure armed with a propellant (atlatl) or a spear. His face is formed of concentric circles. He wears a garment with fringes and seems to have bird's feet. It is associated with two lizards (horned toad or chuckwalla) and a large snake.

These petroglyphs are dated between 10,000 and 1,000 years BC.

By researching the meaning of this petroglyph, the international current tendency is to relate it with shamanism and to interpret it as visions that the shaman would have engraved in the stone.

The character would therefore be one of these Native American shamans indulging in his ritual dreams in order to enter the spirit world and merge with this ancestral knowledge. These hallucinations are often depicted as a whirlwind showed on the character’s face by circles. The "bird's feet" could refer to this trance giving the impression of flying, or leaving the terrestrial world for that of the spirits.

But recent researchers working at the Coso Range Park have decided to re-explore old, meaningful theory by updating it with new knowledge. Often applied in the context of prehistory, they returned to the concept of the hunting representation.

By referring to the tradition of Native American tribes to respect and venerate the nature that surrounds them, and in particular the relationship with hunted animals, we are offered another option.

When an animal was killed to feed the tribe, it was important to respect a precise ritual in order to return the nature of this gift. This would allow the animal to be reborn and to continue the cycle and thus, allowing the tribe to continue to live. It could therefore be the representation of a hunter carrying out this sacred ritual for the animals he had just “harvested”. This hunting ritual was necessary to perpetuate the animal species and promote its reproduction.

In the same spirit, this character can also be an "animal master" or "game master". He is a supernatural and immortal ruler of an animal species. This guardian protects the species and offers or refuses it to hunters. It is therefore necessary to be in good relationship with these deities to ensure the success of the hunt.

Mentions of the animal master are found in several cultures including the Southern Paiute and the Ute. They placed a god on top of the mountains that could transform himself into a bird (raven) and could control animals. This god was associated with lower deities who provided game for men. We also find in them the idea of reincarnation of animals when the rituals related to the bones were well respected.

Feet in the form of claws are present on nearly half of the anthropomorphic representations of the reserve and are entirely consistent with the representation of the animal master.

Metal: sterling silver.

Dimensions: approximately 4.5 cm x 3 cm (or 1.77 x 1.18 inches).

Cord length: about 90cm.

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By Emmanuelle Guyon.

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