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Wed 14 Jun, 2006 04:17 pm
I just got a present from the lady Diane. It's wrapped in gauze cotton stuff and is about 5 inches tall. It is a hand carved from bone figure from the Zuni Res about Dia De Muerto (day of the dead) It is a skeleton of a zuni indian with full headress. Baby, I am amazed. What an incredible and intricate work of art. I may take a pict if I can and post it here.
Well that's very nice. I would like to have a wooden Indian like Tecumseh in Cheers.
sounds very cool, please post a pic if possible
I think you've just confirmed what we all suspected: Diane is perfect.
If I didn't love her, I'd just hate her.
I surely would like to see what it looks like.
You must have been a very good boy, Dys.
Can you post those pics as well?
Ok not such a good pic as my camera does not do macro very well. Anyway here it is, about 4 1/4 inches tall, one carved solid piece of bone, the arms and legs are like thread. The Zuni artist is Esteban Najera.
Very cool!
What kind of bone?
The vase behind it is from Acoma Pueblo.
Wow! That must be very fragile.
Love the vase as well!
Small and unexpected gifts are the best kind. I appreciate the workmanship, dys, but the intricacy only makes it more eerie. <shiver>
littlek part deux wrote:Gorgeous!
Yeah it really is, I now have to figure out how to pay for it.
Great piece of art.
dyslexia wrote: I now have to figure out how to pay for it.
Maybe you could work up some kinda fan dance? Stetson dance?
Very beautiful. The Lady Diane has exquisite taste!
Phoenix32890 wrote:Very beautiful. The Lady Diane has exquisite taste!
Indeed, I was overwhelmed when I unwrapped the gauze and was afraid to touch it because it is so delicate. I have always been very partial to Zuni art which is why I had a bolo tie made for my dear friend Walter from a Zuni fetish.
Very nice and interesting.
See, Dys can post something serious. :wink:
wow.
That is a great piece.
I think she likes you!
Oh, I think she likes you, too, Dys!
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