Art of Myths DVD –  

Exploration of myths from around the world. Featured programmes: ‘White Kayapo Headdress’, ‘Mongolian Horse-Head Fiddle’, ‘Dogon Heddle Pulley’, ‘Maori Pendant’, ‘Fang Reliquary Head’, and ‘Effigy from the Marquisas Islands’.

Features: The Kaiapo Plummage – the Kaiapo Indian tribe are found within the tributaries of the Amazon and the importance of birds to their lifestyle and beliefs in reflected in their art. Hurdy-Gurdy Horse Head – a 3 to 4 feet two-stringed instrument adorned in gold with sculpted heads of horses and dragons originating from Mongolia. Dogon Heddle Pulley – the art of weaving is a symbol of the spoken word a fundamental expression of Mali culture’s cosmological beliefs. Maori Pendant – images of an ancestor that is handed down generations creating a link between the living and the dead and erasing the distances of time and space. Fang Reliquary Figurine – a wooden figurine that folk in Gabon use to protect the skulls and souls of their ancestors. The Marquesas Island’s Effigy – the definitive ancestor of all the tattooed Marquisiens