Mimbres and Me Pottery & Stories
Each Piece of Pottery is Signed by the Artist DiAnne Smith and A Finger Print is placed on the back as positive identification.
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The Costume Party Pottery QuailThe Costume Party Quail Pottery Mimbres Mythology Plate Painters Sometimes we dress to please the masses. Sometimes we dress for the extremes of the weather and sometimes we dress to be in hiding and other times we just dress up for fun. The Quail is dressed as a caterpillar. He is going to a costume party and he hopes that no one will guess” who” he really is. Fox and Coyote will be there and wants to avoid if at all possible, being part of the party feasts. After all, a party is only a party if every one is having fun. In life, fun is essential, lighten up, dress up and enjoy the moment. We all travel on earth for a brief time. Forever awaits. Party on little Quail and don’t forget to tuck in your tail.
The Mimbres painted the costume with a line between the wearer and his costume. They |
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Blessings to All Flying ThingsThe Mimbres and many of the other S.W. tribes believed that insects of all kinds whispered secrets to them from their ancestors, thus making their earth walk a little easier. There are many bugs painted on their pottery. This particular piece is a prayer from earth to all flying things, that they may survive and live with full bullies and quenched thirsts. The little faces, are the faces of the spirits of earth. Native tribes paid attention to all of the sign given to them by the Creator. They give tribute to them in the thousands of works of art that were created by humble and untrained hands. We all have hidden gifts, we just need to explore them, be thankful for them, and use them for the good of all of the families of earth. walks with stars-Iroquois messenger-Navajo |
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Mimbres Rabbit and the Moon 9"x1.5"Rabbit dancing with the moon to the tune of stars twinkling, you frolic and play your nights away, tell me what for heavens sake are you thinking? Life is for sure a place of fun, especially when the workdays done. You are there to remind us all to live our lives with grace and by chance, all of us were made to dance. Rabbit is the sign of frolicking, drunkenness, fertility and the moon in Mimbres mythology. The checkerboard designs are representative of the milky way. Look to see if the old man in the moon is actually there or is it the rabbit? walks with stars-Iroquois messenger-Navajo |
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The Warrior Twins 9.5"x1.5"Mimbres Pottery Mimbres Valley 1923 Life is a traveling experience. "To everything thing there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven." We mortal beings have limited vision. All things that happen to us in this space called earth are for our good. Times to laugh and times to cry, times to rejoice and times morn, times to give and times to take, times to gather strength and times to give strength to others. The Mimbres people had brief lives. They lived to approximately 35 years of age, and that was considered old. They took advantage of every minute they had. The loved and danced and worked to endured whatever challenges the Creator sent to them for the polishing of their souls. Their lives were full. May you see the hand of the Gods of heaven and earth in your life and know that you are never alone, and if you have the chance, always dance. I send you love and light on your journey. walks with stars-Iroquois messenger-Navajo |
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Talking Lizards 9.5"x2".Talking Lizards Mimbres Mythology Before the emergence into this fourth world, the people lived below the ground in caves, and had lizard attributes, including tails. They spoke in a crocked language, human and part lizard. As the people of the fourth world started to come up from their underground dwelling, they needed to communicate with each other in order to stay alive and begin the new earth. Communication was essential, and is depicted on almost all of the pictures on the pottery of the Mimbres. Everything, people, insects, fish, birds, four legged, fined and feathered, all talking to each other. Now in this day we communicate in many ways. Some are probably better than others. We must not forget, that the language of the heart is the most essential to the well-being of all of creation. Let us speak kind words, face to face, heart to heart with consideration for all of our relations that the Creator can smile down upon us all and shower us with blessings. walks with stars-Iroquois messenger-Navajo |