Sonoran Ironwood Bird Carvings — Pelican & Gambel's Quail, Pair View Watchlist >
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Lot # G143
System ID # 29973349
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Sonoran Ironwood Bird Carvings — Pelican & Gambel's Quail, Pair
A pair of single-piece hand carvings in ironwood (Olneya tesota), the dense desert hardwood prized by Sonoran carvers for its chocolate-to-ebony grain and glasslike polish. The larger figure is a pelican, rendered in a smooth modernist-folk idiom — the bill folded against a swelling breast, the whole form rising from a deliberately rough-hewn natural base that contrasts the burnished body above. The smaller carving is a Gambel's quail, identifiable by its distinctive forward-curving topknot plume; the state bird of Arizona and a fixture of the Sonoran Desert. Neither piece carries a maker's mark or signature.
CONDITION
Good with no damage. Both carvings retain their high-polish finish on the upper bodies, with the intentionally rougher natural texture preserved at the bases as carved.
DIMENSIONS / SPECIFICATIONS
- Pelican: 10" H × 6" W × 4" D
- Quail: 6" H × 2" W × 1.5" D
- Material: Ironwood (Olneya tesota)
- Unmarked; no maker's signature
- Total Pieces: 2
- Campbell's Soup Can (4" H) Shown for Scale — Not Included
