Thursday, June 30, 2011

25. Another masterpiece


We bet you never saw something like that
This is not only a petrified tooth with the roots and part of the jaw bone...

complete tooth (click to magnify)
... but also a complex Native American carving and a True Work of Art. It has all the criteria needed to qualify it as a work of wart. Those being, Positive Shapes, Negative Shapes, Implied Lines and Aesthetic Beauty.

Principal face into 4 directions (click to magnify)
Size: ~13cm
Material: Petrified organism (tooth)
Restored: Yes (was completely covered by gangue).
Provenance: Mojave Desert (California part), USA
Estimated period: Upper Paleolithic (certainly older)

MORE INFORMATION AND PICTURES FOR THIS PIECE COMING SOON !

Inside a space ship ? (click to magnify)