\"Creation of Life\" Alabaster & Mussel Shell Carvings for Sale

\"Creation of Life\" Alabaster & Mussel Shell Carvings For Sale

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\"Creation of Life\" Alabaster & Mussel Shell Carvings:
$250.00

Pink and Pale Green Alabaster Mussel Shells with “Red” Alabaster Girland Boy Infants, Titled “Creation of Life” Female set having thinly carvedtranslucent shell halves with incised grooves and two pieces of iridescent,silver / white, and pale blue material attached at the top. The orange coloredinfant is depicted in a fetal position with both hands raised to her open mouthand bulging eyes of inlay Bovine Bone. The male set also includes a pair of thinshell halves carved from pale grey-green Montana alabaster. With two pieces ofiridescent material attached to the top half. The orange colored boy infant ispositioned similar to the female and it also has the inlaid Bovine Bone eyes. Eachset has an irregular piece of leather and a narrow strip to wrap and secure theshells. Carved by Rhae Henhawk or Sinaughkwe Iroquois, Canada. ProvenanceAvailable. This contemporary composite sculpture relates the legend of how “ayoung woman’s tears fell on mussel shells as she wept in a childless world.Those shells the opened with new life, and the first infants were born.\"