Chapter 345: Man-Eating Bird Mask (Asking for Recommendations, Monthly Tickets, and Rewards)
The major discovery that made Ye Tian excited was in the second booth, radiating dazzling white light, and more than a dozen layers of charming halos, which instantly caught his eyeballs.
Luckily, he wore light gray sunglasses, and no one could see his bright eyes!
This is a masterpiece of modern art, from the fifties of the last century, the artistic value is extraordinary, and the market value is also very high! Ten million dollars is just the beginning!
Although his heart was extremely excited and ecstatic, Ye Tian's expression did not change in any way, he was still relaxed and natural, talking and laughing and walking forward with everyone.
He didn't immediately go over to take this treasure, but suppressed his excitement and started from the first stall as usual, gradually approaching the goal!
There are too many eyes to pay attention to yourself, if you kill halfway to bite the gold, be cut off or raise the price, it will be a big loss!
I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry! Ye Tian still understands this truth!
The first stall was also an antique stall, and the owner was a white man in his thirties.
Before walking to the stall, Ye Tian's eyes couldn't help but light up again, and he sighed softly.
There were a few decent antiques on the stall, no priceless treasures, but very distinctive, and two of them immediately caught his eye.
These are two handmade wooden masks from Native American, Native American artworks.
The history of the mask is not very recent, less than a hundred years, it emits a white light, with five or six layers of halo, it has a certain artistic and collectible value, but it is not a very precious antique.
Ye Tian was interested because of the shape of these two masks, as well as the indigenous culture they represented.
Standing in front of the booth and admiring it for a while, he then pointed to the mask and asked:
"Good afternoon, man, can I take a look at these two crow masks? I didn't expect to see the masks of the K people here!"
"Hello, Steven, of course, please feel free to watch!"
The stall owner said with a smile, a flash of joy flashing in his eyes.
"Okay!"
Ye Tian nodded, leaned over and picked up one of the masks, and began to appreciate it seriously.
This is a crow mask, a mask in the shape of a crow's head to be precise.
The mask is carved from black walnut wood, with sharp and lifeless eyes, an outward-turned nose, a beak about 50 centimeters long, and a brown rope on the top of the mask that symbolizes feathers.
The various organs of the crow's head have been represented by the carver in a unique artistic technique of the Indians, and the shape is very strange and exaggerated, but it is lifelike!
Especially those white and black eyes, gloomy and cold! There is a breath of death, and it makes people feel chills in the bottom of their hearts when they look at it!
The underside of the mask was pulled out into a bowl shape and fastened over the head rather than on the face, and the beak protruded long forward.
This is a unique mask of the Indian K tribe, a special priestly utensil, not only other races do not have it, but even the rest of the Indian tribes do not have such a strange mask, this is the only one, there is no semicolon!
While admiring the masks, Ye Tian also quickly took a look at the two masks.
Sadly, there are no hidden secrets, no hieroglyphs, just two masks.
After flipping through the mask in his hand, he looked up at the stall owner and asked with some curiosity:
"Man, this is a special mask for the K-people priests of Canada, it's rare outside, how did it end up here? How did you have these two things? What's the story?"
"Wow! Steven, your eyes are so sharp! You can even recognize this thing, admire! To be honest, although this thing is mine, I only know a little bit of it!"
The stall owner gave a thumbs up and exclaimed, his eyes full of admiration!
The rest of the people were the same, and they all looked at Ye Tian with admiration.
He even knows such a cold thing, and is there anything he doesn't know?
"It's normal that you don't know these two masks, there aren't many K-people anymore, and even fewer things have come out of their tribe!
Ye Tian said with a smile, a little smug in his tone.
This knowledge is what he learned in the museum, and after visiting the museum so many times, he can't go in vain!
"I bought these two masks on the Navajo Nation Reservation, and I bought them because I had never seen them before, and I didn't know what they meant.
After I came back, I checked the Internet, and I learned that this thing came from the K tribe of the Canadian Indian tribe, and it was a priest's utensil, and I didn't know anything else, and there was too little information on the Internet.
This time I came to Hallway 127, so I threw them at the stall to see if I could sell them, but no one cared about them, and you were the first to recognize their origins!"
The stall owner explained the origin of the two masks, rather helpless.
"Hahaha"
There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone laughed.
The stall owner also smiled awkwardly, but after all, he ate mixed rice at the flea market, so he naturally had a tried and tested face, and he immediately returned to normal.
After a pause, he asked expectantly:
'Steven, since you know about this, let's talk about it, I hope you can clear up some of my doubts, and it would be great if you could give you an appraisal of these two masks and give you a rough estimate!"
"Yes, Steven, let's explain, I'm sure everyone is curious and wants to know about this!"
Someone at the scene immediately echoed it, and everyone's eyes were full of curiosity, obviously with the same idea.
"Honey, this mask is so weird, I want to know about it too!"
Betty whispered, looking curiously at the two masks.
"OK! Since everyone wants to know, let me tell you about these two masks!"
Ye Tian smiled and said loudly, agreeing to everyone's request.
Because the meaning of these two masks is quite special, although they have a certain artistic value and market value, and may be able to earn a lot of dollars, Ye Tian is not interested in them, and has no desire to take them into his pocket!
He didn't want to feel uncomfortable in the car with two masks that represented the soul of the man-eating bird and were closely related to death in the car on the rest of the journey!
After a little bit of clarification, he quickly began to explain the two masks.
"To understand these two masks, it is necessary to understand the Indian tribe that made and used them, the K (Kakakaak) tribe who lived north of Vancouver, Canada, and lived by the sea.
The K'a tribe is the first Aboriginal people to settle on Vancouver Island, who have lived on the island for thousands of years and are still an important part of the island's population.
In the K-Clan Winter Festival, there is a very important dance, the-Hamat'sa, in which the protagonist is possessed by the spirit of the legendary man-eating bird, thus losing his reason and becoming indistinguishable from a wild beast.
The villagers will gradually banish the protagonist from his beastly traits through dance, regaining his peace and wisdom, and the three most prominent members of the village will wear three types of man-eating bird masks when dancing.
What you see now are two of these masks, one with a straight beak and one with a curved beak, and the other mask has a very wide beak and a length between these two, representing another kind of man-eating bird
The K people believe that these masks are sacred carriers, and after the festival, they will be placed in a secret place and the beak of the bird will be tied with a rope so that they will not discuss how to fly out in the middle of the night to eat people!"
The eyes of everyone at the scene couldn't help but flash a trace of fear, and there was also disgust, it turned out to be related to death!
The two reporters, who were holding another mask to admire, immediately put the masks back into the booth as if they were electrocuted.
Then both of them let out a sigh of relief and patted their chests with a frightened expression.
Lao Mei is also superstitious!
In particular, many people avoid mystical things related to the soul and death!
The stall owner was completely dumbfounded, looking at Ye Tian dumbfounded, and his heart instantly became a bitter mess.
It's a man-eating bird mask, who sells this thing? Who wants to buy this kind of thing to collect? Isn't that full of food and self-inflicted awkwardness?
shouldn't let Steven identify this guy, it's no fun to fool people now!
At this moment, the stall owner's intestines are about to repent, and he can't wait to give himself two slaps.
Looking at everyone's reactions, Ye Tian laughed softly.
I knew it would be like this! But here's the twist!
"Due to cultural differences, people have different perceptions of things, and in everyone's eyes, these two masks are hoodoos, but for the people of Kwakwakwakwa, they are sacred carriers!
As for the two masks themselves, they are supposed to be from the thirties of the last century, and they are made of exquisite materials, exquisite carving, original, and quite well preserved, which can be regarded as a good Indian antique.
There are only more than 5,000 people in the Kuakwa Jiakua tribe now, and there are not many people who inherit this skill, and there are even fewer masks that flow out of the tribe, and rare things are expensive!
If someone on site is interested in Native American art, then you can talk to the stall owner and negotiate a suitable price to get these two very rare masks, which is a good choice!"
Before the words fell, the stall owner's eyes had lit up, as if he had come back to life, and he saw hope again.
And when he looked at Ye Tian's eyes, he was already full of gratitude and eagerness, and he couldn't wait to rush up immediately to give him a warm hug.
Dude, maybe I'm going to make a deal today!
Even if no one buys these two Indian antiques today, as long as there is an appraisal conclusion given by this guy, then these two masks will not be sold? There is no such problem at all!
The rest of the scene was dumbfounded, looking at the two masks on the stall in disbelief.
Two hoodoo things have become treasures again in the blink of an eye!
In addition to the shock, some people's eyes have begun to heat up, and they are even ready to take action immediately!
To hell with it!
In front of the green Franklin, these are completely negligible!
Ye Tian didn't pause for a moment, and continued to add weight to everyone.
"For these two Indian antiques, I will not immediately announce the valuation, the person who is interested can show his skills, bargaining is also a kind of fun, I believe everyone will enjoy it."
When you complete the transaction, the money and goods are cleared, if the two parties to the transaction still want to know the valuation I give, then I will tell you privately, and it will be clear at a glance whether it is a profit or a loss!"
With that, he picked up another mask and prepared to continue admiring this rare Aboriginal art.
He just admired it, and didn't have the slightest idea of taking it for himself.
Some things can be seen, but they don't have to be in the bag, such as Tang Sancai, these two masks, mummies and the like!
"Bang Bang Bang"
Ye Tian had just picked up the mask, and before he could begin to appreciate it, a crisp applause suddenly sounded in his ears.
Immediately after, a slightly arrogant voice was heard.
"The explanation is very good! worthy of being a famous professional treasure hunter, I want these two Indian masks!"