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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Mexican Stone Head
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Wed Sep 10 10:30:01 2008
References: <52FFCEA7-F346-457B-8E3B-45F6A6A45EAF@mac.com> <924C45FD-FAA3-4C7C-B472-34FF04D5BC4D@embarqmail.com> <CC97E4CB-E578-4A4F-9BA7-5D27CD6EA95C@mac.com>

No one knows what its history is. Theories are varied.

Here are a couple of links, but others are available:

<http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/rock_art/judaculla.html>
<http://shadowboxent.brinkster.net/judaculla.html>

I've found shards of the mentioned soapstone bowls at my home some 500  
miles east.

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/




On Sep 10, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Lottermoser George wrote:

> thanks Ric
>
> That's an impressive piece of stone.
> It's difficult to see what exactly the carver had in mind from this  
> single photo.
> Did you see a motif or did this appear to be an unfinished work?
>
> Fond regards,
> George
>
> george@imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
>
>
> On Sep 10, 2008, at 11:40 AM, Ric Carter wrote:
>
>> Here's the only ancient, native American carving I've photographed  
>> in a few years.
>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/Grab-Bag/judaculla.jpg.html>
>> http://tinyurl.com/6hhwm3
>>
>> Judaculla Rock, Cullowhee, NC
>> Olympus XA
>>
>> Ric Carter
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
>
>
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