Cloud Dancer Doug Magnus 11”x 13” x 7”

11”x 13” x 7”

Cyrus Dallin Best Sculpture Award - 2015 Quest for the West Art Show & Sale

black opal and pink coral

1 1/2 wide

The way the woman is dressed is an example

Cloud Dancer Doug Magnus 11”x 13” x 7”Bronze, 38" x 14" x 14". There is a chill in the morning air at San Juan Pueblo, where the Cloud Dance, which is usually held in early spring because of its associations with agriculture, weather control and fertility, is about to begin. The women who will perform, some having thrown the blankets over their shoulders to stay warm, all wearing elaborate headdresses made of twelve eagle feathers in a fan on top of their heads and carrying ears of corn,