Posted 8 years ago
Manikin
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Woolly mammoths are extinct relatives of today’s elephants. They lived during the last ice age, and they may have died off when the weather became warmer and their food supply changed. Humans may also be partly responsible for their disappearance due to hunting. Although the word “mammoth” has come to mean “huge,” woolly mammoths were probably about the size of African elephants
Their tusks that have been found are only legal ivory to be sold today
This piece actually curves into a semi circle . These were acquired from a Art Gallery closing in New York about 20 years ago
Absolutely amazing piece
Thank you Master for stopping and leaving such a nice comment :-)
Thank you all ! Much appreciated
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Obviously it belongs to Mani, almost as beautiful and wonderful as she is. We all appreciate special things and the same should go for special people. Our dance is coming Mani.
Like a nice spring day yesterday and overnight now about 6 inches of snow, what a turnaround. Another prize for your collection. Recently a tv news about cloning a mammoth. Gorgeous piece Mani. xoxo
fhr keep those dancing feet working :-) and I think of you often and how you danced with your beloved wife . Glad to see you but you would know that ! And our dance will be with the angels someday .
I will be there waiting sweetie. The man sang, The last Waltz Lasts Forever. Until then we can try to tune these youngsters up on here.
Wonderful piece, Mani!
You have an amazing woolly mammoth carvings collection!
XOXO
Another Beauty Mani! What I love about your collection, is that each and every one has its own flavor - be it the style of carving, the shape or subject matter. On this one, besides the beautiful carving, I love the tree bark effect which makes it appear as if it was carved out of a tree branch.
Just lovely... '=)
Many thanks kyratango, and I appreciate the nice comment :-) Keep your great posts and finds coming I always love seeing what you find :-)
Thank you so much Roy Oh roy ! Always glad to see your smiling face !!
Was watching Expedition unknown last night about mammoth ivory and thought about your pieces :)
Mrstyndall did they give any good information about them ? :-) I always like to learn something
Thank you Rick and what a kind remark :-) Always so nice to see you and I appreciate your comment . I agree it looks like a tree to me too :-)
Manikin, not a whole lot, but was quite a dangerous expedition to extract the pieces. They were trying to extract DNA from some of the pieces. It was interesting
Thanks Mrstyndall :-) I don't think anyone has a for sure reason they vanished lots of speculation on it .
Thank you Rick55 for nice comment and much appreciated :-)
Thank you petey always nice to see you stop by :-)
Many thanks swampdogg and nice to see you joined us on CW :-)
ho2cultcha Thanks for stopping always nice to see you :-)
Stunning
Amazing!
Thank you so much Wandlessfairy and Karenoke . I appreciate you stopping and leaving such a nice comment :-)
Beautiful!
Thank you vintagelamp I appreciate you stopping and leaving such a nice comment :-)
Oh this is so beautiful! The way they have honored this long since gone creature... immortalized, perhaps, just as their own depiction.
Thank you so much BadPenny for stopping and leaving such a nice comment :-)
Many thanks pickrknows so nice to see you drop by :-)
How interesting. Great purchase, I imagine Mammoth ivory doesn't come up for sale very often
Thank you Vintagefran these were purchased in around 1980's in NYC I am not sure where you get these fantastic carvings anymore , These were in a art gallery that was closing . Many thanks for stopping :-)
Thomas sorry I missed you had stopped by and I sure
appreciate your support on CW
The Sanxing (Chinese: ??; lit. 'Three Stars') are the gods of the three celestial bodies considered essential in Chinese astrology and mythology: Jupiter, Ursa Major, and Canopus. Fu, Lu, and Shou (traditional Chinese: ???; simplified Chinese: ???; pinyin: Fú Lù Shòu; Cantonese Yale: F?k Luhk Sauh), or Cai, Zi and Shou (???) are also the embodiments of Fortune (Fu), presiding over the planet Jupiter, Prosperity (Lu), presiding over Mizar, and Longevity (Shou), presiding over Canopus. They have emerged from Chinese folk religion. Their iconic representation as three, old, bearded, wise men dates back to the Ming dynasty,[1] when the gods of the three stars were represented in human form for the first time. They are sometimes identified with other deities of the Chinese religion or of Taoism.
The term is commonly used in Chinese culture to denote the three attributes of a good life. Statues of these three gods are found on the facades of folk religion's temples and ancestral shrines, in nearly every Chinese home and many Chinese-owned shops on small altars with a glass of water, an orange or other auspicious offerings, especially during Chinese New Year. Traditionally, they are arranged right to left (so Shou is on the left of the viewer, Lu in the middle, and Fu on the far right), just as Chinese characters are traditionally written from right to left.
The three gods, their stars and their attributes probably
nice styling , Futou (simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??/??; also pronounced and written as putou),