Dream Catcher Tree of Life | Handmade | 16 x 60cm

Dream Catcher Tree

In some Native American and First Nations cultures, a dreamcatcher is a handmade willow hoop, on which is woven a net or web. It may also be decorated with sacred items such as certain feathers or beads. Traditionally, dreamcatchers are hung over a cradle or bed as protection.It originates in Anishinaabe culture as “the spider web charm” – a hoop with woven string or sinew meant to replicate a spider’s web, used as a protective charm for infants. You can learn more about dreamcatcher here

Fair Trade and Handmade in Bali, Indonesia.

Made from Rattan, string, wood, bead, crochet

The loop of rattan measures 24 x 16cm

Total hanging length of a Dream Catcher Tree of Life is 60cm.

They are based on the classic designs of the American tribes.

Each one is unique.

All our native American items are made by Nanang.  They are fairly traded items based on the designs of the Native American Tribes.

We have lots more tribal items.

Dream Catcher Tree Background

Many thousands of years before Christopher Columbus’ ships landed in the Bahamas, a different group of people discovered America: the nomadic ancestors of modern Native Americans who hiked over a “land bridge” from Asia to what is now Alaska more than 12,000 years ago.

In fact, by the time European adventurers arrived in the 15th century, scholars estimate that more than 50 million people were already living in the Americas. Of these, some 10 million lived in the area that would become the United States. As time passed, these migrants and their descendants pushed south and east, adapting as they went.  More information on native american cultures can be found here.  The wonderful traditional items that they created are replicated in our range at Terrapin Trading.