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The Year of the Snake

February 6, 2025

 

The Year of the Snake comes every twelve years.

Snakes get a bad rap.

Blamed for tempting Eve

and the "Fall of Man",

compared to sleazy politicians,

hotel moguls,

"snake-oil" salesmen and 

rapacious billionaires.

This is grossly unfair to snakes!

So let us pause

to celebrate the snake,

which slithers in

and sheds it's skin

to bring hope of rebirth

and renewal.

 

Bagesur Dev (Tiger God) I
SKU: SNB-2001

Santoshi Bai -  Madhya Pradesh State, India
2019/2020
Acrylic on paper
(9" h. x 12" w. )

$195

Bagesur Dev (Tiger God) II
SKU: SNB-2002

Santoshi Bai -  Baiga people, Madhya Pradesh State, India
2019/2020
Acrylic on paper
(9" h. x 12" w. )

$195

Bagesur Dev (Tiger God with snake)
SKU: SHD-2005

Shagun Devi -  Madhya Pradesh State, India
2019/2020
Acrylic on paper
(9" h. x 12" w. )

The Baiga tribe worship the tiger god, Bagesur Dev.  The snake symbolizes lord Shiva.

$195

Two Snakes - Shipibo Cloth Runner
SKU: SHPC-94

c.2021
Cotton fabric with natural and dyes and commercial paints, with hand-drawn design.
(60" h. x 13" w.)  Partial view shown.

$175

Double Snake Mask from Guerrero
SKU: MXM-157

Decorative mask by unknown artist - Guerrero, Mexico,
late 20th century
wood, oil lacquer paint
(10" H x 5.5" W x 9.25" D. )
From private collection, purchased c.1990.

$145

Snake Mask from Guerrero
SKU: MXM-159

Decorative mask by unknown artist - Guerrero, Mexico,
late 20th century
wood, oil lacquer paint
(8" H x 5.5" W x 15.5" D. )
From private collection, purchased c.1990.

$145

Huichol
SKU: hcs-07

Huichol people, Nayarit, Mexico, c. 2006
Beads pressed into beeswax on wood sculpture
(1 1/2" w. x 6 1/2" l. x 1/2" h.)
Designs will vary

$32 each

Alejandro Lazo
(Havana, Cuba, b. 1970),
Oil with marble dust on canvas (21 1/2 x 18), 2005

Price on Request
Garden of Eden - Retablo
SKU: PRTB-114-2

Claudio Jimenez Quispé (Peru), 2016/2017
Painted plaster sculpture in painted wood box
(13 1/2" h. x 8" w. x 3" d.)

$700

Product Status: 
Sold
Adam and Eve in Eden
SKU: GBA-2113

Recycled steel oil-drum (34"h. x 18 1/2"w. x 4"d.), Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, 2021

$650

Product Status: 
Sold
Eden
SKU: TF-2204

Family studio of Toyin Folorunso (signature is ambiguous).  Oshogbo, Nigeria, 2021-22
Hammered aluminum relief
(20"h.  x 16 1/4” w).

$550

Product Status: 
Sold
Michoacan Diablo Mask with Snakes
SKU: MXM-153

Unsigned diablo mask from Michoacan. Style of Horta family.
Late-20th century
wood, oil paint
(9.5” h. x 10.25” w. x 5.75” d.)
From a private collection.

$225

Product Status: 
Sold
Garden of Eden
SKU: TF-1903

2018
Hammered aluminum relief
(15 5/8" h x 10 1/8"w).
 

$225

Product Status: 
Sold
Shipibo Cloth
SKU: SHPC-82

c.2020
Cotton fabric with design hand-drawn with natural dyes .
(60" h. x 60" w.) Partial view.

$165

Product Status: 
Sold
Embroidered Shipibo Cloth
SKU: SHPC-58

c.2015
Cotton fabric with natural dyes and cotton embroidery design
(21" h. x 21" w.)

$120

Product Status: 
Sold
Snake - Shipibo Cloth Runner
SKU: SHPC-81

c.2020
Cotton fabric with natural dyes and hand-drawn design.
(60" h. x 13" w.)

$88

Product Status: 
Sold
 Shipibo Cloth Runner
SKU: SHPC-70

c.2015
Cotton fabric with natural dyes and hand-drawn design
(62" h. x 14" w.)

$75

Product Status: 
Sold