MAYAN HAND CARVED SLINGSHOT HANDLE PREGNANT WOMAN TORSO Start Price USD 23.99 Current Price USD 23.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, July 24, 2008 End Time Thursday, July 31, 2008 Location SAN PEDRO LAS HUERTAS See more about 'MAYAN HAND CARVED SLINGSHOT HANDLE PREGNANT WOMAN TORSO' Description WAYNER Store MAYAN HAND CARVED SLINGSHOT HANDLE  PREGNANT WOMANS  TORSO WELL HUNG - ART & COLLECTABLES    A MAYAN EXPERIENCE   MAYAN HAND CARVED AND STAINED WOODEN GUATAMALAN SLINGSHOT HANDLE    "  HONDA  " SLINGSHOT HANDLE   CARVED BY A MAYAN MASTER CARVER THIS CARVING IS UNSIGNED AS ARE MOST ALL SLINGSHOT HANDLES A WONDERFUL COLLECTORS PIECE         HAND CARVED SLINGSHOT HANDLE   " TORSOS MUJER EMBARAZADA " TORSO OF A PREGNANT WOMAN    A WONDERFUL VINTAGE MAYAN CARVING USING STAINED WOOD WONDERFUL PATINA FROM AGE AND USE  SIMPLE PRIMITIVE CARVING OF THE TORSO OF A PREGNANT WOMAN       FROM THE GUATEMALAN DISTRICT OF  EL QUICHE   FROM THE VILLAGE OF  CHAJUL "  KINDLING  PINE  " FROM THE MAYAN IXIL IN IXIL THE WORD FOR SLINGSHOT IS "  UULA  " CARVED AROUND THE MIDDLE TO EARLY 1900'S 5 1/4 "  LENGTH 1 3/4 "  WIDE 5/8 "  THICK   IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION THERE IS A CRACK TO THE BASE OF THIS CARVING FROM AGE OR USE   IT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY OR WEAKEN THE PIECE   SLINGSHOT "  HONDA  " MAYAN SLINGSHOTS BEGAN AS SIMPLE WEAPONS USED FOR HUNTING SMALL PREY AND PERSONAL DEFENSE DATING BACK SOME 160 YEARS CARVED BY MAYAN SHEPHERDS - FARM WORKERS - CARPENTERS AND MASK CARVERS IN LATIN AMERICA WITH THE MAIN VOLUME OF WORK BY THE MAYAN CARVERS OF GUATEMALA THE LATIN WORD HONDA MEANS SLINGSHOT OR SLINGSHOT HANDLE AND ALSO REFERS TO A MUCH OLDER INSTRUMENT THE SLING  THE SLING IS ONE OF MAN'S OLDEST WEAPONS USED FOR HUNTING AND COMBAT. SLINGS HAVE  A HISTORY GOING BACK 7000 YEARS SLINGSHOTS ARE WORKS OF  CARVED ART IF NOT JUST AS OR MORE IMPORTANT THAN MAYAN CARVINGS OF SAINTS AND MASKS USED IN THEIR RITUAL CEREMONIAL DANCES VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THEIR HISTORY AND ART LOVER ALONG WITH COLLECTORS AND ARTISTS WORLDWIDE ARE JUST BEGINING TO DISCOVER THEIR BEAUTY THE MAYAN ARTIST'S IMAGINATION SHOWN IN THEIR CARVINGS IS FED BY HISTORY - MYTHOLOGY - SOCIAL CONTENT ALONG WITH THE INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION - MASS MEDIA AND GLOBALIZATION EVEN THOUGH MOST ALL HANDLES ARE UNSIGNED IT IS AT TIME EASY TO RECOGNIZE A  CARVER BY HIS SPECIFIC STYLE OR THE MOTIFS HE USES    THE TECHNIQUES USED TO ATTACH THE RUBBER BANDS ARE   1 - THE MOST COMMON USED IS TWO TO FIVE SLITS CARVED ON THE TOP OR BOTTOM OF THE HANDLE TO THREAD THE RUBBER BANDS THROUGH AND SECURE THEM WITH A KNOT 2 - TWO HOLES DRILLED IN THE HANDLE TO THREAD THE RIBBER BANDS THROUGH SECURING THEM WITH A KNOT 3 - NAILING LEATHER STRAPS TO THE TOP OR BOTTOM AND SECURING THEM WITH STRING 4 - SECURING THE RUBBER BANDS AROUND THE TOP OF THE HANDLE USING GROOVES TO HOLD THEM IN PLACE THESE MAYAN CARVINGS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMS 1  -  MAYAN MYTHOLOGY AND CULTURE 2  -  HUMAN FIGURES FROM THE PAST - PRESENT AND FUTURE 3  -  ANIMALS - BIRDS - REPTILES BOTH REAL AND IMAGINARY 4  -  FIGURES REPRESENTING EVERYDAY LIFE 5  -  MAYAN TRADITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS 6  -  MAYAN RITUAL CEREMONIAL DANCES 7  -  RELIGION FROM THE CRUCIFICTION TO THE DEVIL 8  -  THE MANY CONFLICTS OF LATIN AND CENTRAL AMERICA FROM THE SPANISH CONQUEST TO MODERN TIMES - MILITARY - GUERRILLA AND WARRIOR FIGURES 9  -  THE INFLUENCES OF GLOBAL MASS MEDIA - BOOKS - COMICS TO TELEVISION   FROM REALITY TO FIGURES AND BEINGS OF THE IMAGINATION AND NORTH AMERICAN FOLKLORE GUATEMALA COMES FROM THE NAHUATL WORD GUAUHITEMALA WHICH MEANS ¨ PLACE OF WOODS ¨  THE MAIN WOODS USED IN THESE CARVINGS ARE 1  -  MAHOGANY  A WOOD THAT VARIES IN COLOR FROM RED TO YELLOW - A VERY HARD WOOD 2  -  CEDAR  USED FOR FURNITURE AND BY ARTISANS IN CARVING THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AMERICA THE MAYA CALL THE CEDAR TREE  ¨ THE TREE OF GOD  ¨ 3  -  ASH  THIS TREE HAS A LIGHT AND DARK BROWN COLOR WITH GRAY HIGHLIGHTS 4  -  OAK  AN EXTREMELY HARD WOOD THAT IS THE MOST COMMON FOUND AND USED TREE IN GUATEMALA 5  -  GUACHIPILIN  A MEDICINAL TREE THAT IS ALSO ROT RESISTANT 6  -  HORMIGO  THIS TREE GETS IT'S NAME FROM ANTS WHICH ARE CALLED ¨HORMIGA¨ THAT OFTEN LIVE IN THIS TREE 7  -  ORANGE  ALSO KNOW AS THE GUAYABO TREE 8  -  PINE  THIS TREE VARIES IN COLOR FROM WHITE TO DARK RED ACCORDING TO THE MAYA THE PINE TREE HAS EXISTED FROM THE TIME OF CREATION 9  -  PRIMAVERA  THE LEAVES OF THIS TREE ARE USED BY THE MAYA TO FIGHT FEVERS 10  -  CHERRY AND GUAYACAN  ARE ALSO USED TO A LESSER EXTENT ALSO USED AT TIMES IS CATTLE HORN OR ANIMAL BONE AND PRESERVED HOOVES THESE SPECIMENS ARE EXTREMELY RARE IN MOST CASES IT IS VERY HARD TO DETERMINE THE EXACT WOOD USED IN MOST HONDAS AS A WIDE RANGE OF COLOR AND DENSITY EXIST FOR A SINGLE SPECIES OF TREE THESE MAYAN SLINGSHOTS AND HANDLES FROM THE NEW TO THE ANTIQUE SHOWING AGE AND WONDERFUL PATINA ALL HAVE IN COMMON A GREAT COLLECTABLE ARTISTIC VALUE THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE IN THE FUTURE WE WILL OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS BE SHARING PART OF OUR ON GOING COLLECTION THAT HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF YEAR TO ASSEMBLE WITH THE CONTINUED HELP OF OUR MAYAN FRIENDS IN VILLAGES ALL OVER CENTRAL AMERICA THROUGH OUR EBAY STORE AND AUCTIONS   SHIPPING COST FROM GUATEMALA FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE   LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC MAYAN OR CENTRAL AMERICAN  SLINGSHOT HANDLE - PAINTING - CARVING - MASK - SANTOS - POTTERY - TEXTILES - HUIPILS OR ANY OTHER ARTIFACT CONTACT US AT MAYANMASKS@HOTMAIL.COM WE CAN FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MANY PIECES IN OUR EBAY STORE ARE AT AUCTION PRICES AND MANY WITH FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE       A  -  295                                           Place a Bid!