More Indian Market pics

I fell in love with these pipes by Argus Dowdy, a pipemaker and sculptor from Oklahoma. His quillwork rivals any that I've seen and each pipe is a work of art. Pictures can't do them justice, but here they are:






The pipes are sculpted from Minnesota pipestone, this one is inlaid with a tin/lead alloy, which is close to what the original pipemakers used; according to Mr. Dowdy the original pipes were often inlaid with bullet lead.

Steve and I meandered into the NNMAC gallery on Friday before Indian Market and fell in love with a series of fantastic masks made by Yup'ik artist Phillip John Charette: