Strange Posture, Curious Gesture, Antique Snapshot of Women in Long Coats and Bonnets old carved bird I belief the chief represented

I belief the chief represented here is most likely Southwestern Pueblo

Aged as evident but sound and stable

I really love the form and texture of this contemporary basket

with the words "Bird of the air No

Strange Posture, Curious Gesture, Antique Snapshot of Women in Long Coats and Bonnets old carved bird I belief the chief representedA 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