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Amos Pino Crysacola Frog
Sarah Pino is from the Ramah Navajo Band, a landlocked group of Navajo living in a non-contiguous part of the Navajo Reservation, near El Morro, New Mexico. She is a self taught carver, capable of many different animal images and specializing in sculptures using gem stone materials. The frog is carved from crysacola containing some malachite staining and with inlaid coral eyes. The frog image represents fertility in the Native American belief system.It measures 2" x 2" x 1.25"
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