Evil Eye Dreamcatcher Keychain | Portable Ward

Description
A small hooped dreamcatcher hung with glass eye beads and a long tassel, sized for a keyring rather than a wall.

The dreamcatcher is Ojibwe. The word is asabikeshiinh, spider, and the story attached to it is about Asibikaashi, the Spider Woman who watched over the people and could no longer reach every child once they scattered, so the women wove hoops to do it for her. They were made for infants, from willow and sinew, and they were meant to dry out and fall apart as the child grew. It spread to other nations and then far past them during the pan-Indian movement of the sixties and seventies, which is why they are everywhere now.

The eye beads are Anatolian and have nothing to do with any of that. What the two have in common is a job: catch the thing before it reaches the person.

What You're Getting

• Design: Hooped dreamcatcher with glass evil eye beads and tassel
• Symbols: Dreamcatcher for filtering, nazar for warding
• Carry: Keys, bag, backpack or rear view mirror

How to Use It

• Hang it where it can move. A still dreamcatcher is a decoration.
• Good on a school bag, which is close to what the original object was for.
• Keep the tassel out of car doors. It is the part that goes first.

Wear It With
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Clips to a keyring, a bag strap or a mirror. Handmade, so the weave and the bead placement vary piece to piece.