FOLK ART CHICKEN BY LES HERBERT NAVAJO

Description These colorful Navajo folk art chickens are hard to resist.  Les Herbert hand carves his folk art pieces out of cottonwood and hand paints them.  Signed 6  1/4” tall x 4  5/8” long x 2  3/8” wide (height is to top of straw tail) Artist card included In recent years, wood figurines hand carved by self-taught Navajo artists have developed into Navajo Folk Art.  These carvings of traditional personal images and indigenous animals are characteristic of the cultural integrity on the Navajo people.  Strong cultural values provide for and sustain the artistic traditions of the Navajo.