I have been sternly reprimanded!! Several people have "gotten on to me" for not posting anything recently. Well.... I just haven't felt that there has been anything to tell really. And I haven't been out of the apartment much because of elections. It's been quite dull really.... (so there) Well yesterday something interesting finally happened. We had ordered some handcarved chests from an artist here and he delivered them!! We got 2 chests that will sit back to back and we will use them as a coffee table in our new apartment.
They are carved on 3 sides and the backs have a diamond pattern. One chest is carved with a village life scene and the other is a "foundation" scene. That means its a scene of the king and chiefs or elders at a celebration. Then Roy also purchased a few panels from him.
They are all pretty cool. The company is having our entertainment centers for the new apartments built buy the same guy. I think they will turn out really nice. So there is a post, now it's late and I am going to bed!! (I will try and do better this month... but no promises!!)
The round pannels are about 16 inches in diameter, and then the Africa Map shaped pannel is maybe 14x19. Each of the three pannels cost less than USD $16. I like the people scenes a little better than the animals. The animal pannel was Josie's choice, and it is very nice as well. The chests are really incredible. Lukmon (the artist) carved them as one complete scene around the three sides and used trees as the corners. I am very impressed with them.
ReplyDeleteYum, that dark wood looks like CHOCOLATE!
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