~WOODLANDS MIDE Society / EFFIGY HEADS / POWERS LOWENFELS / Lower East Side, NY
changing gears – but, still . . . !!
ARTIST – CRAFT MONTH in NYC / SEPT 2023
HAND-CARVING WOOD TOOLS – are definite . . implied.
TWO RARE WOODLANDS MIDE SOCIETY EFFIGY HEADS /
POWERS – LOWENFELS,
53 Stanton St., LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC
“They have . . . something which may be called an idol. This is the Manitto [sic] representing in wood the head of a man in miniature, which they always carry about them, either on a string round their neck, or in a bag. They hang it also about their children, to preserve them from illness and ensure them success.”
~George Henry Loskiel, ‘The History of the Moravian Mission Among the Indians of North America’, 1838, p. 8. / via Steven S. Powers / @stevenspowers
the smaller one, top, is maple burl – the larger one is elm burl – [SOLD]
these burl-head-shaman spirits – are “early to mid 19th C.” ~ Steven S. Powers
ALL images – courtesy: @stevenspowers
note: A ‘burl’ or burr . . . is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. it is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds.
~wikipedia