Cedars
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Cedars
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography- Photo Painting - Digital Fine Art
Description
This a day for bright sunshine and running river with a few stinking dead salmon here and there! This was photographed and contrast and texture added. A huge number of archeological finds point to the continuous use of redcedar wood in native societies. Woodworking tools dating between 5000-8000 years ago, such as carved antlers, were discovered in shell middens at the Glenrose site, near Vancouver, British Columbia. In Yuquot, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, tools dating 3000-4000 years old have been found.The Musqueam site, also near Vancouver, yielded bark baskets woven in five different styles, along with ropes and ships dated to 3000 years ago.At Pitt River, adzes and baskets were dated around 2900 years ago. 1000 year old wooden artifacts were unearthed on the east coast of Vancouver Island.A legend amongst the Coast Salish peoples describes the origins of the Western Redcedar. In this legend, there was a generous man who gave the people whatever they needed. When the Great Spirit saw this, he declared that when the generous man died, a great redcedar tree will grow where he is buried, and that the cedar will be useful to all the people; providing its roots for baskets, bark for clothing, and wood for shelter.
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November 11th, 2015
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