{"id":47445,"date":"2023-09-25T14:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T19:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=47445"},"modified":"2023-09-27T15:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:49:38","slug":"woodlands-mide-society-effigy-heads-powers-lowenfels-lower-east-side-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2023\/09\/25\/woodlands-mide-society-effigy-heads-powers-lowenfels-lower-east-side-ny\/","title":{"rendered":"~WOODLANDS MIDE Society \/ EFFIGY HEADS \/ POWERS LOWENFELS \/ Lower East Side, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

changing gears – but, still . . . !!
\nARTIST – CRAFT MONTH in NYC \/ SEPT 2023<\/p>\n

HAND-CARVING WOOD TOOLS – are definite . . implied.<\/p>\n

TWO RARE WOODLANDS MIDE SOCIETY EFFIGY HEADS \/
\nPOWERS – LOWENFELS<\/a>,
\n53 Stanton St., LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC <\/p>\n

“They have . . . something which may be called an idol. This is the Manitto [sic] representing in wood the head of a man in miniature, which they always carry about them, either on a string round their neck, or in a bag. They hang it also about their children, to preserve them from illness and ensure them success.”
\n~George Henry Loskiel, ‘The History of the Moravian Mission Among the Indians of North America’, 1838, p. 8. \/ via Steven S. Powers \/ @stevenspowers<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nthe smaller one, top, is maple burl – the larger one is elm burl – [SOLD]
\nthese burl-head-shaman spirits – are “early to mid 19th C.” ~ Steven S. Powers
\nALL images<\/strong> – courtesy: @stevenspowers<\/a><\/p>\n

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note:<\/strong> A ‘burl’ or burr . . . is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. it is commonly found in the form of a rounded outgrowth on a tree trunk or branch that is filled with small knots from dormant buds.
\n~wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

changing gears – but, still . . . !! ARTIST – CRAFT MONTH in NYC \/ SEPT 2023 HAND-CARVING WOOD TOOLS – are definite . . implied. TWO RARE WOODLANDS MIDE SOCIETY EFFIGY HEADS \/ POWERS – LOWENFELS, 53 Stanton St., LOWER EAST SIDE, NYC “They have . . . something which may be called […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47445"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47445"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47490,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47445\/revisions\/47490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}