6 Mar 2012

Mother Yahgan

... travelling with ghosts.

In my friends place a book about evolution fell into my hand and part of it was a section about different tribes. The book is dated 1964. "Now there are only a dozen left" it says about the tribe back then. I don't think in 2012 a single one remains and still I have been thinking about Mother Yahgan and how the wave of her existence still continues with that thought.

 (drawing on a train)



5 comments:

Niki said...

gorgeous! i love it!
~niki <3
http://nikiisyoungandimmortal.blogspot.com/

● Sandra Dieckmann Illustration ● said...

Much appreciated! x

Mya.L said...

Are they Native American tribes? Sandra, I need to see it - I'm doing my end-of-year millinery collection on them!

● Sandra Dieckmann Illustration ● said...

They are tribes from the Tierra del Fuego south America. The ghost men are fantastic!

Coreopsis said...

Wow. Beautiful beautiful drawing, so full of character.