Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Small Subjects
This reminds me of a very (VERY) old joke I first heard as a little kid, maybe five or six.
“A big elephant is big and a little elephant is small. A big fly is big and a little fly is small. Therefore, a big fly is bigger than a small elephant.” This was the ultimate definition of a syllogism, at least for a first grader.
So small. How small?
These are Native American fetishes — very small ones. I do have bigger ones, but you asked for small and small you are getting!
ALL of these fetishes will fit comfortably in one of my hands. They are absolutely guaranteed — SMALL.
The healing bear and the ram
Standing Wolf
Black and white married wolves
Share this:
Categories: #black-&-white-photography, #Photography, Cee's Photo Challenge
FOUND ON A PICNIC TABLE 
CUPS, GLASSES, AND OTHER CONTAINERS – BLACK & WHITE 
MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY? 
HOT AND COLD IN BLACK & WHITE 
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
Your collection must be priceless and a beautiful representation of North American art.
Leslie
LikeLike
I don’t know what they are worth. Probably a lot more than I paid for them. They weren’t a popular collector’s item when i got them. I just admired the carving.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They are lovely….
LikeLiked by 1 person
I really like both wolves. 😀 😀
LikeLike
The wolves and bears are my favorites. I lost a couple of bears which fell out of the cabinet and shattered. They were lovely. I have more, but the light was fading and I did what I could. I used to own lights. I’m sorry I gave them up, though they did take up an awful lot of space.
LikeLike
Those critters would all become corrupted in no time around my gang. They would be fetishes with fetishes…
LikeLike
These guys are really TINY — and fragile. I keep them behind glass doors because if I drop them, they are gone. Some are sturdier than others and the larger ones are stronger.
LikeLike
Interesting little things. Are they just decorative or did they have a function?
LikeLike
They were originally religious sort of, an offering to an animal and his characteristics. There’s more to it than that, but I don’t feel I know enough about it to discuss it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Small but so detailed
LikeLike
I don’t know how they do it. Some of these are smaller than my thumb.
LikeLike
I’ve been down to sub-atomic levels recently.
Humans don’t do ‘small’ all that well, i find.
( I can’t think of all that much we do do well? How about you?) 😉
LikeLike
We build. Whether that is good or not is a matter of opinion. Aside from beavers and bird’s nests, we ARE the builders. Machinery. Electronics. That’s more or less it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Reputations, ego’s – some of us excel at those! 😉
LikeLike