Alan Monroe Oglala Lakota Feather Wire-style Earrings

Oglala Lakota Feather Earrings

Alan Monroe - Oglala Lakota
Hand-Painted Feather Earrings
HK Item #NE282 - Wire-Style

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feather earrings

Paula says -

"Alan Monroe, one of our favorite artists and a great guy, hand paints each of these feathers to look like either an eagle feather or a red-tailed hawk feather. Each pair is slightly different and beautiful. As Alan says, these are 'as light as a feather' ".

Length	3" including ear wires
Materials	Hand-painted turkey feathers, glass beads
Artist	Alan Monroe, Oglala Lakota

Alan Monroe - Oglala Lakota Hand-Painted Feather Earrings
NE282-A Eagle-style Red, white, blue beads $20 plus s/h
NE282-B Hawk-style Red, white, red beads $20 plus s/h
NE282-C Eagle-style Blue, white beads $20 plus s/h

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Alan Monroe - Oglala Lakota

Alan Monroe creates his Northern Plains artwork from hides, stone, leather, and wood. He learned the basics of quill working, weaponry, sculpting and pipe making from traditional and contemporary artisans in his family circle. He is a fifth generation pipe maker and considered by many to be a master pipe maker. In his sculptures, Monroe works with a variety of materials such as pipestone, bone, wood and alabaster. He creates small objects like fetishes to large pieces than can weigh hundreds of pounds.

Al Monroe's work can be seen in many galleries and museums across the country and he has won many awards. Al Monroe was born in Hot Springs , South Dakota and is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe. He graduated from Hot Springs High School and studied business and art in Nebraska, Tennessee, and South Dakota.