About selling dreamcatchers

[tikirawahunipunma-0]

Since the concept of dreamcatcher has been given archaeological value, I would like to know about the restrictions for it on eBay.

(Specially when using bird feathers as a raw material )

[inhawaii]

No restrictions that I am aware of. 

[ckimodog]

@tikirawahunipunma-0 

Hi-

Here's the link you can read:

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/animal-products-policy

[maxine*j]

Be aware of the bird feathers you may and may not use, using the link Ckimodog provided.

Do not try to pass these off as Native American, or use any words suggesting they are Native American.  It is  against United States Federal law to do so:

https://www.doi.gov/iacb/act

And, just a final comment:  Why not Sri Lankan arts and crafts, if you want to do arts and crafts?

[kensgiftshop]

@tikirawahunipunma-0 

Is this the Sri Lanka topic of the week?

This is the second post from Sri Lanka today about dreamcatchers.

You might check the countries you want to ship them to, they might have some restrictions.

[tikirawahunipunma-0]

Thanks for the explanation. I also intend to add to the list a few designs that are unique to my country.

[tikirawahunipunma-0]

Thanks for the time!

[tikirawahunipunma-0]

Thank you!

[maxine*j]

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@tikirawahunipunma-0 wrote:

Thanks for the explanation. I also intend to add to the list a few designs that are unique to my country.

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Are dream catchers something that was in the Sri Lankan culture before people there began copying the dream catchers of Native Americans? 

After considerable looking, all I can find are endless copies and variations from Sri Lanka that are all based on the NA artifact, which originated with the Ojibwe and was later adopted by some other NA peoples.  

I cannot find any evidence for something eimilar in Sril Lankan culture, but if you can give me references I would be delighted to learn.

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[gracieallen01]

The 'Endangered Species Act' rules and regulations in the US can be rather strict and they are often added to by individual states.  I'm in CA and there are some strong(er) regs here.   With dream catchers,  what is used to make them, and how they are described, can both be a problem.