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Ethnographer Frances Densmore in 1929 recorded an Ojibwe legend according to which the "spiderwebs" protective charms originate with Spider Woman, known as Asibikaashi; who takes care of the children and the people on the land. As the Ojibwe Nation spread to the corners of North America it became difficult for Asibikaashi to reach all the children. So the mothers and grandmothers weave webs for the children, using willow hoops and sinew, or cordage made from plants. The purpose of these charms is apotropaic ( meaning to ward of Evil) and not explicitly connected with dreams. 

Even infants were provided with protective charms. Examples of these are the "spiderwebs" hung on the hoop of a cradle board. In old times this netting was made of nettle fiber. Two spider webs were usually hung on the hoop, and it was said that they "caught any harm that might be in the air as a spider's web catches and holds whatever comes in contact with it.

Basil Johnston, an elder from Neyaashiinigmiing, in his Ojibway Heritage (1976) gives the story of Spider (Ojibwe: asabikeshiinh, "little net maker") as a trickster figure catching the Snake in his web.   

 

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RATTAN & CROCHET WHITE SWAN FEATHERS WITH SEA BLUE BEADS. 15CM X 20CM
RATTAN TEAR DROP WITH TURQUOISE BEADS 16 x 25cm HOOP
RATTAN WITH CROCHET LACE WHITE SWAN FEATHERS WITH SAGE GREEN BEADS. 15CM X 20CM
SMALL TEARDROP RATTAN & CROCHET LACE WHITE SWAN FEATHERS WITH TURQUOISE BEADS. 15CM X 20CM HOOP
Yin Yang dreamcatcher Small with beads and white feathers 12cm
Spider Lace Rattan Ring Dreamcatcher 32cm ring
String Tree of Life – White Dreamcatcher 80cm, Ring size: 35cm.
TEAR DROP DREAMCATCHER- WHITE RATTAN WITH WHITE FEATHERS AND SOFT BLUE STONES 38CM X 24CM hoop
Turkey Feather Dreamcatcher Choice of Rattan with Beige or Black with Black 16CM
CHOICE OF TURQUOISE OR WHITE DREAMCATCHER WITH NATURAL BEADS 32CM RING
WHITE CROCHET LACE, WHITE FEATHERS & SHELLS WITH BLUE BEADS 12CM RING
White Dream Catcher with beautiful Pink Beads 21cm ring
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