and the crotch tear is really not a concern with her shorts on
Ritter's work and his gallery explored the Surrealist sensibility transplanted from Europe and given new life as it came into contact with popular culture in the United States
or a just a tender little drawing or watercolor or photograph--or a great one for framing and gifting a photo of oneself
spring daffodils
with no chips or cracks or other issues
Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. rectangular wooden box and the crotch tear isIve been admiring Pueblo drums like this for a long time, finding the colors and patterns as well as the construction completely gorgeous, so was pretty excited to find this one the other day. Though I found it in Maine, I am pretty certain it is Cochiti, from the Taos area of New Mexico, and believe it dates to to the earlyish 20th century. The body is wood (likely cottonwood I think), and the drum heads are stretched rawhide, pulled taut by sinew,