Edwin Willard Deming Signed Bear Couple Small Sculpture sampler about 150-170 years ago Kuna

about 150-170 years ago Kuna women of Panama began making Molas using the reverse appliqué technique

the bristles spread 4 3/4" wide and 3" tall

combining Pre-Columbian inspiration with a modernist sensibility

with a plate of glass covering the cross-stitch

and furniture

Edwin Willard Deming Signed Bear Couple Small Sculpture sampler about 150-170 years ago KunaThe connection between these two little bears is about the most tender thing I can imagine, expressed across every inch of this small sculpture, from the expressions on their faces, to the wrapped arms, to their lined up little toes! The piece is by Edwin Willard Deming (18601942), an artist best known for his depiction of scenes of Native Americans in the Southwestern U. S, among whom he lived for a part of each year for most of his life, and by whom