Edwin Willard Deming Signed Bear Couple Small Sculpture sampler It is unmarked

It is unmarked

about 150-170 years ago Kuna women of Panama began making Molas using the reverse appliqué technique

but I am not really certain how old this piece is

with a plate of glass covering the cross-stitch

it would be great for holding jewelry

Edwin Willard Deming Signed Bear Couple Small Sculpture sampler It is unmarkedThe connection between these two little bears is about the most tender thing I can imagine, expressed across every inch of this small sculpture, from the expressions on their faces, to the wrapped arms, to their lined up little toes! The piece is by Edwin Willard Deming (18601942), an artist best known for his depiction of scenes of Native Americans in the Southwestern U. S, among whom he lived for a part of each year for most of his life, and by whom