14.8.09

I´m the wild (wo)man from Borneo-o-o













I had been at a loss for a while how to continue
with Hands of Time...













... then I came upon an article about the mysterious
hands of Borneo - they are in caves there, and supposed
to be more than 10 000 years old, archeologists think
they were part of shamanistic rituals...













... there are 57 different hand patterns...













... so I traced my own left hand with pen and
pastel dye sticks...













... some more hands (henna-dyed, these are, belonging
to girls in a Koran school in Bangladesh...

4 Kommentare:

arlee hat gesagt…

perfect

notmassproduced hat gesagt…

fascinating - i have never heard about this before. love your recent posts too.

Chrisy hat gesagt…

Your hand is a wonderful addition to this art piece. The different symbols on those hands in Borneo are fascinating...will have to do some research...

ArtSparker hat gesagt…

Synchronicity with my second post in a few hours. I will link to this.