Zoun: The Snake Totem, captures the sacred energies and medicine of the Snake in Dagara life. In this painting, Zoun is gazing into a star held in its hand. In Dagara cosmology, each person is born into their soul purpose, enshrined in their name, and known as the “star” of their life.
When a person is deeply struggling or challenged by unknown forces blocking their progress, a Dagara Diviner may prescribe a “star cleansing” ritual to help them reconnect with their true purpose in life.
This painting shows that Zoun protects the wisdom of our souls’ journey and purpose on this Earth. While Snakes have been used for worship, magic potions, and medicine, they are also symbols of love, health, disease, medicine, immortality, death, and wisdom.
Yet through all of their many sacred meanings, Zoun, the Snake Totem painting suggests that the most potent role of the Snake Totem, is to protect the wisdom of our soul’s true path.
Snakes also symbolize the end of a particular phase life and herald in a new vision and awakening within one’s self. Snake energy can help us to understand transitionary periods in life with new spiritual awakenings knocking on the door, beckoning us to allow them to enter. Snake symbolism is a messenger, heralding transformation now in progress.
Medicine Art Transmission:
Zoun: The Snake Totem is a potent reflector of the your true soul’s purpose in this lifetime. It is a reminder that even moments of deep challenge are often portals into a new chapter, or even a new beginning, where our life can more fully express the nature of our soul.
This piece is sure to add a powerful energy into your space, reminding you to let go of what’s not serving you, just as the snake sheds its skin. It also brings fresh inspiration to keep your inner and outer life clear from distractions and obscurations, so that the true nature of your soul’s purpose in life can be remembered, activated, and expressed.
Incorporating the Zoun Medicine Art piece into your home’s sacred spaces will provide a deep and grounding presence, and an artful prayer for the remembrance that each of us was called forth into this life with a unique journey that is ours alone to unfold.
NOTE: Spiral watermark on digital display images only. Enlarged sectional images show artwork without watermark.
Artwork Description:
Zoun: The Snake Totem, captures the sacred energies and medicine of the Snake in Dagara life. In this painting, Zoun is gazing into a star held in its hand. In Dagara cosmology, each person is born into their soul purpose, enshrined in their name, and known as the “star” of their life.
When a person is deeply struggling or challenged by unknown forces blocking their progress, a Dagara Diviner may prescribe a “star cleansing” ritual to help them reconnect with their true purpose in life.
This painting shows that Zoun protects the wisdom of our souls’ journey and purpose on this Earth. While Snakes have been used for worship, magic potions, and medicine, they are also symbols of love, health, disease, medicine, immortality, death, and wisdom.
Yet through all of their many sacred meanings, Zoun, the Snake Totem painting suggests that the most potent role of the Snake Totem, is to protect the wisdom of our soul’s true path.
Snakes also symbolize the end of a particular phase life and herald in a new vision and awakening within one’s self. Snake energy can help us to understand transitionary periods in life with new spiritual awakenings knocking on the door, beckoning us to allow them to enter. Snake symbolism is a messenger, heralding transformation now in progress.
Medicine Art Transmission:
Zoun: The Snake Totem is a potent reflector of the your true soul’s purpose in this lifetime. It is a reminder that even moments of deep challenge are often portals into a new chapter, or even a new beginning, where our life can more fully express the nature of our soul.
This piece is sure to add a powerful energy into your space, reminding you to let go of what’s not serving you, just as the snake sheds its skin. It also brings fresh inspiration to keep your inner and outer life clear from distractions and obscurations, so that the true nature of your soul’s purpose in life can be remembered, activated, and expressed.
Incorporating the Zoun Medicine Art piece into your home’s sacred spaces will provide a deep and grounding presence, and an artful prayer for the remembrance that each of us was called forth into this life with a unique journey that is ours alone to unfold.
NOTE: Spiral watermark on digital display images only. Enlarged sectional images show artwork without watermark.
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PRINTING SPECIFICATIONS
Posters
Experience art that feels silky to the touch with our high-quality, lighter-weight, classic semi-glossy paper.
Paper Finishing: Semi-glossy, enhances colors with a subtle shine.
Paper Weight: 170 gsm (65 lb), thickness: 0.19 mm (7.5 mils), sturdy and durable.
Sustainable Paper: FSC-certified or equivalent for sustainability.
Wall Art Prints
Unique artwork with vivid colors using giclée fine art 12-color printing technology. Perfect for art lovers, collectors, and designers alike.
Color Vibrancy: Our 12-color fine art printing technology delivers vivid, accurate colors with stunning depth, far beyond standard 4-color inkjet printing technology.
Paper Finishing: Smooth matte finish for a clean, glare-free display.
Paper Weight: 200 gsm (80 lb), thickness: 0.26 mm (10.3 mils).
Eco-Friendly Materials: Printed on environmentally conscious, FSC-certified paper.
Digital Scanning
All artwork in the Dagara Collection is sourced from original paintings created by our featured Dagara artist Mr. Traore Oumarou, primarily acrylic paint on lightweight canvas and other natural fiber textiles. Original canvases vary in size and proportions and some are irregular in shape when compared to standard rectangular western artwork layout templates.
The highest quality fine art digital scanning technology was utilized to digitize the artwork into high resolution images, all artwork was scanned professionally by a leading fine art graphics and printing studio in Oakland, California, USA. Where possible, digital scanning captured the natural edge of the canvas, and professional background removal processing was utilized to represent the most authentic edge-to-edge artwork image possible.
Poster Layout
Poster layouts include minimal margins with artwork centered on page, preserving the entire canvas image to the extent possible. Poster sizes are based on the best-fit standard paper sizes available.
Fine Art Print Layout
Fine Art Print layouts include minimum margins of approximately 15mm to allow for matting options. The wider margins are split equally on both sides of the artwork. Where artwork is irregularly shaped, margins may vary along the length and width, but will generally follow the layout specifications provided here.
All artwork is printed on demand, and shipped direct from printer. No frame or matte is included, or offered from The Spark Gallery by From The Ashes.