This sculpture came to me without any context - I don't know where it's from, who might have carved it, what culture, or even why. That sort of forces you to consider something as exactly what it is, and only that.
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God, that is so wonderfully ambiguous! Have no idea whether it is American, American Indian, Eskimo, etc...The paint is pretty great.
ReplyDeleteThe little man has a kinship to the ancient Cycladic figures.
ReplyDeleteJoey, I ran into the guy who owns the ball-bearing head you posted about recently, and he told me enjoys your blog.
That guy has some nice stuff. Ah, so many great objects in the world, so little disposable income...
ReplyDeleteIt's a bird, it's a plane... perhaps it's a dragon boat, wasn't it Vikings who used them?
ReplyDeleteYes, and that "prow" is reminiscent of those sculptural features.
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