I finished this horn last night. I'll be taking it to HMTA in Gettysburg in a couple of weeks, so if you want to see it in person (or any of the several recent horns I've posted) stop by the show and say hello if you're in the area.
I had originally planned to put the image of a somewhat generic looking Indian with a rather baleful look on his face on the horn, but I ran into some problems with the image and decided not to use it. While I was casting about for another image to use, my Son said that he thought it looked like a ladies horn so I decided to go in that direction. I found this image of Sacagawea done by Michael Haynes
www.mhaynesart.com and he was gracious enough to allow me to use it as a model.
On the inside curve I did a ribbon for the new owner's name suspended from a pair of Elk antlers
A simple border circles the base. The empty circle at the bottom of the photo is where I will sign the piece...just haven't done it yet.
Got a little fancier around the engailed edge, where I inlaid turquoise.
After I had dyed the entire throat and spout I decided to sand down to the white the edges of the carved "feathers" .
The base plug is turned from a hunk of butternut, and has a faux ivory cabochon engraved with a rose. The staple is silver wire.
I apologize for the photo quality. I took these at night with my phone and they aren't the best...
As always, questions, comments and critiques cheerfully entertained. Thanks for looking.
