Stunning Large Mandala Type Drawing in Lemon Gold Frame mid-century japanese pine trees

pine trees

The Coushatta are a matrilineal society native to Southwest Louisiana and are renowned for their wonderful baskets made of coiled pine needles and raffia

Each side measures approximately 14 1/2" tall x 22 3/4"

Inverse Proportion

not least because of the wonderfully hand-cut edges of the paper

Stunning Large Mandala Type Drawing in Lemon Gold Frame mid-century japanese pine treesForgive my not very good photos here, especially the full view, but the frame is quite large and my photo set up is limited! This is, however, really quite a spectacular thing, the existence of which stuns and sends me every time I look at it, and feels rather as if having arrived from another universe fully formed. (It also very much makes me think of the paintings of Hilma af Klint.) I have to guess it was done as a very elaborate, very beautifully