PAKWAMANA: SPIRIT OF FROG PLACE by MerryJoy © 1997
Frog Woman was a 12th century Puebloan buried in the ruins at Dolores, Colorado. She was buried with a Frog fetish that is replicated in various ways in this 3ft diameter painting, which has carved frog petroglyphs in the surface, hand-carved flute, mahogony frog fetish, cabochons, beads, shells and feathers. Frog Woman and her frogs bring rain to a desert people with the Sky Spirits in the clouds above. [Sold: $3600]

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PAKWAMANA: detail of the Frog Woman spirit.

PAKWAMANA: detail of the Frog Woman releasing a frog into the spring.

PAKWAMANA: detail of the Sky Spirits, petroglyphs, and cabochons.

PAKWAMANA: detail of the frog spirits and cabochons.

PAKWAMANA: detail of the frog spirits and cabochons.

PAKWAMANA: detail of the carved wood and cabochon Frog amulet on painting's surface.

PAKWAMANA: detail of the carved mahogany and abalone Frog amulet.

PAKWAMANA: detail of the frogs carved into the surface of the painting.

PAKWAMANA: detail of the carved mahogany flute, antler, frog amulet.

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