African American Tableaux

This monumental work is inspired on the famous quote of Darwin. “If everyone were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty.” It is because of this quote that we added Darwin to our name Darwin, Sinke & van Tongeren. This quote also fits our goal to do all our taxidermy work without the use of factory moulds that are typical for contemporary taxidermy. We sculpt all our bodies by hand and therefor can create the unique poses like how they line up in this mayor work. We combined many different birds with many different features from many different points of the compass. Together they form a 17th Century like composition of colours and poses. This collection varies from the rare African Congo Peafowl and a gracious Stanley Crane to a regular Dutch chicken. Quoting Charles Darwin...

Marty de Cambiaire: Tableaux & Dessins, Paintings & Drawings. 1st Ed softcover catalog in French and English. Works by:Alessandro Ballarin, Cristina et Jean-Luc Baroni, Val rie Basty...

Black Dolls by Margo Jefferson. Published by Radius Books/ Mingei International Museum, 2015. Hardback in dust jacket. First Edition. This important book presents the history of African American...

Unique antique 19th century African American (possibly mulatto?) doll with bisque head and hands, molded boots and cropped hair style, and a cloth body dressed in a yellow dress.

Beautiful 24" x 24" rag rug pillows - set of four.

Antique Navajo Indian Weaving custom made pillow. New Feather and Down Insert.