Space Totems

Ever since the dawn of Man, we have faced our
world in awe. And when we saw something we
couldn't explain, we used our imagination. To
many tribes, each object and phenomenon in
nature represented a spirit to be worshipped.

But what if they encountered all the magic of
modern society? Surely, our spacecrafts must
have looked like Gods descending from Heaven.
Or, what if we descended to some other planet
inhabited by primitive peoples, influencing the
path of their culture, beliefs, tales & traditions...

"Space Totems" is a proposed wooden sculpture
exhibit building on the traditions of the American
northwest-coast indians. How would they have
interpreted our spacecrafts on their totems?
Indeed, some spacecrafts do look like animals
with big wings, sharp eyes or sprawling legs...

View a big version of the totem design HERE