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Re: drum and other tools.
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On the topic of drums i built my own about 9 years ago when we cleared this land. i saved the bottom of an ancient cedar. Before cutting it i said a prayer to it's spirit and told it of what i intended to do.
And asked that it help me with my path.
A wonderful drum i now have for use.
i used rabbit skin to make the drum and and real rawhide for the stringing of the hide to the drum. All were taken from this land i live on. appropriate prayers were said at each items gathering/collection.

i also have a turtle-shell rattles that I made and use frequently in my homemade sweat lodge. no one really wants to go inside of it but me but that's ok.

and, I often use a cedar flute I drilled out.
decorated some slightly.

if you can't tell, i do a lot of arts/crafts stuff, since I was a cabinet maker and installer , things come easy to me this way.

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souls2know (8/11/04 11:53 pm)
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Wow Wolfscout, your respect and love for the earth, trees and animals really shows thru. How nice to have the talent and resources to build these yourself. They sound wonderful.

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wolfscout1 (8/12/04 6:43 am)
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I tend to favor the rattles.
1 for the sweat lodge as the steam makes my first rattle stop rattling.
When I found a shell to make the second one, I imporoved on the process and made one which could withstand the lodge and most other activities much better.
I use only local products therefore ensuring a connection with the earth and locale flora/fauna.
ties it all together and brings them into the lodge for a hopefully more successful event.
I think I've made progress here in recent years.

Maybe when I get some film I'll scan the pics and post them for others to see. different and interesting.

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Larry's Place (CWP & other information)
My Path

Edited by: wolfscout1  at: 8/12/04 2:27 pm