Cochiti Pueblo Cross | New Mexico Folk Art | Pablo FloresSome objects are made. This one was gathered. Pablo Flores traveled to each of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico and collected what the land had abandoned. Weathered wood. Rusted metal. Worn leather. Farm remnants bleached by sun and scoured by wind. He brought it back to his studio in the Taos Valley and shaped it into this. Nothing in this cross was purchased. Every element came from the ground of its Pueblo. It does not represent a place. It is made of

Surface wear and patina are consistent with vintage folk art

The boxed presentation gives the set a finished presence suitable for desks

and designed for cold floors

and raptor profiles are rendered in high-contrast color blocks for strong stage presence

Upper: Hand-knit wool and synthetic fiber blend

Weight: Medium to heavyweight knit

this owl is about "seeing

The color of the feather shifts between cobalt blue

and altitude environments

Concentric circles

this acquisition is a final sale

and is widely documented in Peruvian cultural and artisan export references