river of gold exhibition

the new exhibitions at Joslyn are awesome.
there's more info at www.joslyn.org
the river of gold is gold artifacts from Panamanian pre-Columbian burial sites. the gold stuff is pretty and fascinating. the details is amazing -- they did lost wax casting, and used copper alloys -- and this is all over a thousand years ago. the burial site in question had 23 people buried there -- around an obviously important man. like in Egypt, when someone important died his servants and wives were buried with him to be with him in the next life. I hope Gordi doesn't think i didn't love him enough to go with him like this chieftan's wives did, because i really would have. i wanted to. He told me to wait. i would go with him in a second. i can't wait until we can really be together again.

The other current exhibit at joslyn is Mexican folk art, which is delightful. it reminded me of shopping in the border towns. There are day of the dead figurines, tin-work toys, papier mache, masks, pottery all in bright colors and designs.

There's also an exhibit of religious iconography from New Mexico -- fasinating depictions of saints and angels and the virgin mostly painted on wood. The three shows complement each other well. i was quite impressed. I spent a very lovely afternoon at the museum.