The Pleiades
Collected by Chang Whan from the Karajá Indians of Brazil. The Pleiades or "Seven Sisters" is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. Nearly all ancient cultures had a unique name for it and an associated body of folklore. In Japan it was known as Subaru. Today the cluster appears in the automaker's corporate logo.
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