Native American Celtic Spirit Rattle

This is my spirit rattle or rather my Native American Celtic Spirit Rattle. A spirit rattle is something the Native Americans used in religious rituals. When a person begins hand building or sculpting one of the first things made is a spirit rattle. It is made by combining two pinch pots into a ball of some kind, putting little pieces of clay inside (for the rattle) and poking a small hole somewhere so the whole thing doesn't blow up in the kiln.

For my spirit rattle I went with a Celtic design, and it turned into a labyrinth. There is actually one beginning, which you can see on the left, and there is only one end, where the air-hole is. You can back track, you can get sidetracked, and you may end up where you began, but always remember: one beginning; one end. I always say the clay will tell me what it wants to be, and in this case it practically read my mind! My spirit rattle reflects my thoughts on a journey almost as well as it reflects my spirit.