Beautiful Small Native Am. Drum, Presumed Cochiti Pueblo, Earlyish 20th C. rectangular wooden box and the crotch tear is

and the crotch tear is really not a concern with her shorts on

spring daffodils

It's that time of year when a pocket flask seems most in order

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

maybe even greater here with the other boxer out of the picture

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,