The Mandan Indian Maiden now has a boyfriend. I always wanted to carve a Cigar Store Indian. What I came up with is a little more refined then the usual product. I was able to glean a lot of genuine information about the American Indian at about thirty years after Lewis and Clark visited them from the letters of the artist George Catlin. He painted them in the finest apparel. This figure is a composite of some of that information. Another source for authentic regalia was the works of Ben Hunt a lover of and collector of things Indian.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The Bull has been copper leafed and given a greenish patina. The overall size is 33" x 20".
The horns are sections of deer antlers trimmed and fixed with an epoxy putty.
