Sacred Circle

A contemporary string figure created by a Native American faithkeeper. Sacred Circles, Mandalas, Medicine Wheels: all are symbols of wholeness and the infinite. To Native Americans, a Sacred Circle represents the togetherness of people who sit around a campfire. It symbolizes the sun, the moon, and the paths they travel in the sky. It reminds us that the seasons and life itself are never ending cycles.

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Written Instructions (String Length: 2 spans)

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An illustration of this figure first appeared in: Bulletin of String Figures Association, no. 8 (1982).

Instructions, courtesy of Tom Storer, were first published in: Schnurfiguren aus aller Welt, by Felix R. Paturi (1988).