In the book The Feathered Sun (World Wisdom, 1990), this painting is reproduced on page 103. It was painted in 1965. In the foreground, at the bottom of the painting, are a shield on a stand, a painted buffalo skull, and a fire. The clothing of the chief’s wife is magnificently decorated with natural colors and symbols, just as is the tipi in front of which she stands.
To Have a Center: A New Translation with Selected Letters
In this new edition of his powerfully original work, Schuon covers an array of metaphysical, cosmological, and anthropological subjects.