Agateno, “The Scout”

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Agateno, “The Scout”  Maybe Scout sees a herd of buffalo, an approaching war party or Custer’s  last attempt at glory.  One of a kind sculpture made from bristlecone pine.  Although I see the Scout, others have seen a women, a couple embracing and more.  A beautiful and interesting piece of wood provided by nature with interesting objects to be seen within the art from all angles.    I collected this piece at an extreme location west of Manitou Springs, Colorado at around 10,500 ft.

The rich colors of the wood are natural and the art is sealed to bring out the color.  I left a rock in the shoulder area that the tree grew around.   Turquoise and red coral inlay adorn this piece.   A smoky quartz have been added toward the base.  The art is quite substantial at  18.4 pounds, and makes a wonderful center piece to be enjoyed from a 360 view.

Bristlecone Pine tree are the oldest living tree on earth and grow in extreme locations in the mountains of the southwest (to include where I live).  They grow about 1 inch in trunk girth per century.  I do not collect living trees and consider Bristlecone as extremely rare.

The tree’s longevity is due in part to the wood’s extreme durability. The wood is very dense and resinous, and thus resistant to invasion by insects, fungi, and other potential pests. While other species of trees that grow nearby suffer rot, bare bristlecone pines can endure, even after death, often still standing on their roots, for many centuries. Exposed wood on living and dead trees does not rot, but rather erodes like stone due to wind, rain, and freezing, which creates unusual forms and shapes.

They grow where most other vegetation cannot; limiting the impact that a forest fire might havoc on their near-eternity.