Strange Posture, Curious Gesture, Antique Snapshot of Women in Long Coats and Bonnets old carved bird 9 1/2” inches tall x

9 1/2” inches tall x 4” widest diameter

I really love the form and texture of this contemporary basket

I belief the chief represented here is most likely Southwestern Pueblo

plus what look long enough to be fake eye lashes

Strange Posture, Curious Gesture, Antique Snapshot of Women in Long Coats and Bonnets old carved bird 9 1/2” inches tall xA very curious one, feeling to me like an early film still very striking, but what is going on here? Perhaps the woman in the foreground (what a face!) is in fact on ice skates, which would explain her strange posture, or perhaps she is hiding something or someone behind her skirt? (Is there a child there, bent over, in black too?) And what is the woman behind her with raised arm as if about to chop the air actually doing? I don't know, but in their