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Cactus Spirit Calling the Birds Home
A nest cavity, a prayer wheel, birds in flight. Homage to Sadakichi Hartmann (see blog).
$3500
Height: 34 inches high
Fabric, wood, paint, moss, metal, vinyl, paper, polyester fill. Wood box with drawer at front and back.
Two drawers opens to reveal ephemera.
Front drawer: Rolled scroll with "White Chrysanthemums" poem by S. Hartmann (same poem is inside prayer wheel,
Back drawer: Beads; chrysanthemum paper lining.
2015
 Cactus Spirit Calling the Birds Home |
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 Nest cavity |
 Back view |
 Base of figure is a prayer wheel that spins, manually. |
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 Base of figure is a prayer wheel that spins, manually. |
 As wheel spins, images of birds fly upward |
 As wheel spins, images of birds fly upward |
 Base of figure is a prayer wheel that spins, manually. |
 As wheel spins, images of birds fly upward |
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 Platform box has two drawers, front and back. |
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 IMG_1999Drawer 1: Beads: "Sadakichi" Hartmann, author of poem |
 Drawer 2: "White Chrysanthemums" poem as scroll. Inside of prayer wheel has a copy of poem secreted. Each time the wheel is turned, the prayer is symbolically repeated. |
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