Yang Jing has no resistance to these handicrafts full of strong Indian style, of course, he also believes that if Gege is also by his side, then she has already pounced on it with laughter at this time, and then took out the money in her pocket and bought all these beautiful handicrafts.
That's right, in terms of Gege's personality, she would definitely do it.
Again, why do two people end up together?
One of the most important reasons why two people have the same vision and hobbies is undoubtedly one of them.
Therefore, after looking at these exotic handicrafts, Yang Jing stood up and said to the stall owner very imposingly: "Please pack all these lovely handicrafts, I want to wrap all your handicrafts!"
” Compared with Old John's horse harnesses, Yang Jing prefers these handicrafts, and it is also a very good choice to take these handicrafts back to give to friends as gifts.
The Indian boss didn't seem to understand Yang Jing's words, or thought Yang Jing was joking, so he asked hesitantly: "Sorry sir, can you say it again?"
” Chris stood up with a smile and said, "You heard it right, and you don't have to doubt it, our boss is indeed going to buy all your handicrafts here." ” Chris's words made the Indian boss finally understand that the Asian in front of him, who had the same black hair and yellow skin as himself, was not joking, he was serious.
The Indian boss shouted excitedly at his partner next to him, of course, he spoke the native Indian language, which even Chris couldn't understand.
However, judging from the expressions and movements of the surrounding Indian stall owners, they were obviously happy with their partner's deal, so they came over to help.
The Indian stall owner had about 150 handicrafts in total, in addition to three pieces of bark cloth, all of which Yang Jing had wrapped up, and it only cost more than $10,000.
Yang Jing pondered that if these pure handicrafts were taken back and given away, it seemed that it was a little insufficient, so he waved his hand arrogantly, and the handicrafts in the four nearby Indian stalls were all covered by Yang Jing.
There were a total of five Indian stalls, and all the handicrafts added up to only cost Yang Jing more than 50,000 US dollars.
This amount of money is nothing to Yang Jing at all, but it is a very large income for these Indians, so these Indian stall owners are extremely grateful to Yang Jing for his generosity.
However, when an old Indian took out a small dark red totem pole, Yang Jing's eyes were a little straight.
Yang Jing knew that the totem pole was the most important item in an Indian tribe, and although the totem pole taken out by the old Indian man in front of him was only a miniature one, it was also extremely rare.
In fact, the word "totem" is originally derived from the transliteration of the word "tote" in the dialect of the North American Indian Oejibwa, which means "his kin".
For the Indians, totem worship was the first form of primitive religion, which appeared around the Upper Paleolithic.
At the heart of totem worship is the belief that an animal, plant or inanimate animal is related to one's own clan and is the ancestor and relative of one's own clan, so that it is revered as the symbol, symbol and protector of one's clan.
Indians are a general term for all Native Americans except the Eskimos, and their ethnic composition is quite complex and their totems are diverse.
The main one of them is the Celestial Thunderbird, the Celestial ThunderbirdIn the legend of the Indians, the Thunderbird is the master of the "Heavenly Realm", which can make itself invisible and appear in the form of a strong wind, appearing at the Winter Festival of the Indians.
Usually on totem poles, the ptarmigan is carved into the trunk of a stout tree in two parts, the upper half is a bird with huge wings spread out, with a hook-shaped beak that looks like an eagle; The lower half is four standing people leaning against each other, with round eyes, bulging bulges, large mouths, falling corners of the mouth, bare breasts, palms outward, and arms hanging down close to the body.
Of course, there are many more totems besides the Thunderbird.
The totems of the North American Indians were mostly animals, followed by plants.
A tribe is divided into several different totemic clans, and clans with the same totem are considered relatives of each other.
Clans with the same totem cannot intermarry with each other.
Many clans carved the image of the totem on the wooden pillar to make "totem poles", the general totem poles are about 30 meters high, but some can reach 60 meters in height.
These totem poles are usually erected in the most prominent places in the village as a symbol of the clan, and some clans paint totem marks on their utensils and houses.
Dance ceremonies are often centered around totems, and dancers wear masks and costumes that mimic totems.
Although totem poles are most abundant in Native American settlements along the Pacific Northwest coast of North America, they are still abundant in other Indian settlements in the United States and Canada.
It's like this miniature totem pole taken out by the old Indian man should be the totem worship of a local Indian clan, even if it's just a miniature totem pole, it's extremely precious.
This totem pole is only about forty centimeters high, the mouth of the bowl is thick, and there are four different animals carved on it, but Yang Jing can't recognize what these four more abstract animals are.
However, this miniature totem pole is obviously an old object with a few years, and the dark red material is not known what kind of wood it is made of, but the weight is extremely heavy, and Yang Jing feels that it is not even much lighter than rosewood.
And the pulp on it is also very thick, and it is definitely an old object that has been passed down for many years.
Seeing the old Indian man smiling with a hint of expectation and saying some indigenous words that he didn't understand, Yang Jing was also a little confused.
The first Indian stall owner immediately translated to Yang Jing: "MaZululu said, thank you very much for taking care of us, and MaZululu also asked if you like this totem pole, if you like it, he hopes to sell it to you for 30,000 US dollars." ” Yang Jing asked suspiciously, "Is he willing to sell this totem pole to me?"
” The Indian stall owner sighed and said: "Our tribe knows that this totem pole was brought back by MaZululu's grandfather from the wild when he was young, a Russian who was bitten by a snake, but unfortunately the Russian was not able to save it in the end, this totem pole was the Russian, and was finally obtained by MaZululu's grandfather, and has been kept in Mazululu's home."
Some time ago, MaZululu's only grandson was arrested for theft and needed a lot of money to bail, so Mazululu had to sell this totem pole. ” After a pause, the Indian stall owner said: "Our tribe knows this totem pole of the MaZululu family, this totem pole is at least a hundred years old, and it may even be older, and this totem pole is still carved out of 'anzanita' wood, which is now rare in the United States, and it is forbidden to be harvested, so this totem pole is even more precious." ” “anzanita？”
Yang Jing muttered.
He only felt that the name seemed familiar, so he put the totem pole in his hand aside, smiled at the old Indian man, and made a gesture of waiting, before taking out the phone and calling Lin Dan.
After a while, Lin Dan and the fat man trotted over, the fat man panted with his hands on his knees and panted, while Lin Dan was pulled over by Yang Jing.
"I think you mentioned me a piece of wood called anzanita."
"yes, what's wrong?"
"I need details on this wood."
Hearing this, Lin Dan shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's right, this anzanita tree is a very precious tree, because this kind of tree only grows in some places in the south with microclimates, in addition to some such trees in the mountains of the western coast of the United States and Mexico.
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There are also some of these trees in the Mendocino National Forest, just north of San Francisco, but in small numbers.
Some species of this tree are even highly endangered, banned from harvesting throughout the United States, and are protected and precious. ” After a pause, Lin Dan continued: "This tree has the smoothest bark, which ranges in color from orange to red.
And as the tree grows, its branches grow in all directions, so it looks very distinctively twisted.
It is precisely because of this very special shape of this tree that Anzanita's perfect form of branches has become popular in home decoration.
Not to mention that the trunk and nodules of the trees are the best wood for many carvings and woodworks.
In addition, anzanita is one of the hardest wood species known in the world, its Jane Card hardness can reach 2350 pounds, ranking seventh in the world's general furniture wood hardness list, your Chinese people's favorite rosewood has a Jane Card hardness of only 2940 pounds, and the Jianka hardness of Big Red Sour Branch Wood is only 2260 pounds. ” Hearing Lin Dan's explanation, Yang Jing understood a lot in his heart.
Needless to say, if the totem pole in your hand is made of red sandalwood, 30,000 dollars is picking up a leak, and it is a big leak, but if it is a red sour branch, it will be almost.
At present, the best 3A grade Laotian red sour wood on the market is only about 200,000 per ton.
However, the totem pole in front of me is carved from anzanita wood, which is obviously quite precious, perhaps not as precious as rosewood, but definitely higher than the price of red acid branches.
The totem pole carved from anzanita wood weighs 40 kilograms, and if it costs $30,000, it is indeed a bit expensive, but if you add the history of this totem wood, then $30,000 is really not expensive.
The main thing is that this kind of Indian totem pole is really rare, and it is a pretty good ornament if you buy it back and put it at home.
Thinking of this, Yang Jing, who was touching this totem pole, subconsciously activated the identification skill, but the answer given by the identification skill made Yang Jing stunned directly