Native American Tribal Patterns adapted for henna body art by Catherine Cartwright-Jones with additional patterns by Shanon Lavender
Native Americans ornamented their bodies with patterns signifying their beliefs, status, achievements, and aspirations. The meanings of the original patterns have often been lost in the generations since these indigenous people were displaced from their lands, but it is certain that each pattern had significance for the person who used it. Body art from Algonquin to Inuit was parallel to henna art from North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia in placement, meaning and intent. Native Americans used ochres and plant stains that often resembled henna body art. Henna did not grow in the western hemisphere until it was imported into the Carribean the 1800's, but Native Americans utilized had a wide range of other plant and mineral substances to tattoo and paint themselves. Catherine Cartwright Jones and Shanon Lavendar have collected around 120 patterns from traditional Native American tribal art and have adapted them for use as henna body art. All of the drawings are done by Catherine Cartwright Jones. The tribe of origin is listed with each pattern, and meaning is included where it can be verified. These tribal patterns are beautiful, meaningful, and powerful. Add a new dimension to your henna! Order Native American Tribal Patterns adapted for henna body art! Would you like to order by
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How do you use your TapDancing Lizard E-Book? These are books for working henna artists. Working artists often need more than one copy of a book to hand to waiting customers. You have permission to print extra copies of these books for yourself, for your own work table. If you put the pages into a display book with plastic sleeves, they will stay clean through the wear and tear of festivals! If someone dumps a lemonade on your Henna Page Publication, or a page gets smeared with henna, you can replace those pages by simply printing a few more! You don't have to go buy a whole new book. You may adapt
these patterns
into your own style, and use them as a springboard for your own
creativity.
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website, it's polite to cite the source of your pattern. If you
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