Word: carnelian
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cuts) that rank as masterpieces: ¶ A 19-in. statue of an Oni king in full regalia. Standing barefoot, clad in skirt, an amulet centered on his beaded hat, the Oni in bronze wears a bib of beads (presumably coral), a knee-length strand of larger beads (probably carnelian or agate), bead anklets, and wristlets. In his right hand he clutches a mace, in his left a ram's horn, the symbol of authority. Slightly idealized, it is unquestionably the portrait of an actual person. The present Oni says that at his coronation in 1930 he was decked...
...last year Photographer David Douglas Duncan showed up at the ornate villa of Pablo Picasso overlooking the Riviera and Cannes. As an offering, Duncan carried a small, 1st century B.C. carved carnelian that he had found on a photographic assignment for LIFE in Afghanistan. The gift opened Picasso's door and his heart, won what Photographer Duncan wanted-months at home with the great artist. As a result, Duncan took more than 10,000 photographs, last week published in The Private World of Pablo Picasso (Harper; $4.95 ; Ridge Press paperback; $1.50) a photographic record of Picasso's private...