Name: Peaches
Brand: Kim Seyesnem Obrzut
SKU: PEACHES
Price: 8200 USD
Availability: InStock

Peaches by Kim Obrzut.

Her hair is in the traditional hairstyle called the "Hopi Whorl." When you see this hairstyle it means she is a maiden, available for marriage.

The Spanish introduced peaches to the Hopi mesas in the sixteenth century. Fruit trees on the Hopi reservation do not produce every year due to late frosts, but in good years, however, they are plentiful. These extra peaches will be dried for later use or traded for something equally valuable.

This young maiden holds a basket of Peaches. She is showing her hard work and contribution to her village. The men of Hopi own the trees, but it is custom to allot each Peach tree to a little girl whose duty it was to care for the tree as long as it lives.

On the back of her shawl is a Hopi design for lightning, clouds and rain, these are for her prayers for her tree.

She has no face, which symbolizes the egalitarian society of the Hopi people. She represents a people, not an individual. The Hopi thought is: One Mind, one Body and one Spirit.

Peaches bronze sculpture by Kim Seyesnem Obrzut: a Hopi maiden with a basket of peaches in the traditional Whorl hairstyle. 23"H x 10"W x 10"D.

Peaches Bronze Sculpture by Kim Seyesnem Obrzut

Peaches

<ul>
 <li>Peaches by Kim Obrzut dimensions: 23"H x 10"W x 10"D</li>
 <li>Hopi Maiden's Tradition</li>
 <li>Bronze Artistry</li>
 <li>Basket of Plentiful Peaches</li>
</ul>

Bronze sculpture Peaches by Kim Seyesnem Obrzut. Her hair is worn in the traditional Hopi Whorl, the hairstyle of a maiden available for marriage. She holds a basket of peaches — a display of her hard work and contribution to her village.The Spanish introduced peaches to the Hopi mesas in the sixteenth century. In good years the fruit is plentiful, and extra peaches are dried for later use or traded. Each peach tree is customarily allotted to a little girl whose duty is to care for it. On the back of her shawl rests a Hopi design of lightning, clouds and rain — her prayer for the tree. Her faceless form represents a people, not an individual: One Mind, one Body, one Spirit.About the piece<ul><li>Subject: a Hopi maiden bearing a basket of peaches</li><li>Medium: hand-cast bronze, 23" H x 10" W x 10" D</li><li>Story: Hopi Whorl hairstyle, peach harvest, rain and cloud prayers</li><li>A collector-quality original by Kim Seyesnem Obrzut</li></ul>

<ul><li>"Peaches" original bronze sculpture by Hopi artist Kim Seyesnem Obrzut</li><li>23" H x 10" W x 10" D</li><li>A Hopi maiden with a basket of plentiful peaches</li><li>Collector-quality Native American bronze, free shipping</li></ul>

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