Monday, October 16, 2006

Paint Pots



As the Park says,
"The Paint Pots and the associated ochre beds form an area of unusual physical and chemical activity and have a history of use by both Aboriginal groups and Europeans. The Ktunaxa (formerly Kootenay), as well as the Stoney and Blackfoot tribes, collected ochre here for important ceremonies and for
trade. The yellow ochre was cleaned, kneaded with water into walnut sized balls, then flattened
into cakes and baked. The red powder was mixed with fish oil or animal grease to paint their bodies, tipis, clothing or pictures on the rocks. These paintings depicted many objects from day to day life as
well as more abstract drawings that may have originated in dreams or represented supernatural beings."
Another cool shot
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