Happy Tycoon

Yang Jing has no resistance to these handicrafts full of strong Indian style. Of course, he also believes that if Grid is also by her side, then she has laughed and threw herself on it, and then took out her pocket. In the money, all these beautiful crafts are packaged and bought.

That's right, in terms of Grid's personality, she would definitely do this.

Similarly, why would two people finally come together? Two people have the same vision and hobbies are undoubtedly one of the very important reasons.

Therefore, after reading these exotic handicrafts, Yang Jing stood up and said to the stall owner very imposingly: "Thank you, please pack all these lovely handicrafts. I want to pack all your handicrafts!"

Compared with the harnesses of Old John, Yang Jing prefers these handicrafts, and these handicrafts are also a great choice to take back as gifts for friends.

The Indian boss didn't seem to understand Yang Jing, or thought Yang Jing was joking, so he hesitated to ask: "Sorry sir, can you say it again?"

Chris smiled and stood up and said: "You didn't make a mistake just now, and you don't have to doubt that our boss is really going to buy all the handicrafts you have here."

Chris' words made the Indian boss finally understand that the Asian with black head and yellow skin in front of him was not joking, he was serious.

The Indian boss yelled excitedly at the partner next to him. Of course, he spoke the native Indian language, even Chris they couldn't understand it. However, judging from the expressions and movements of the surrounding Indian stallholders, they were obviously also very happy with the business of their partners, so they came to help.

The Indian stallholder’s handicrafts totaled about one hundred and fifty pieces, in addition to three pieces of bark cloth, all of which were made round by Yang Jing, and only cost more than 10,000 US dollars.

Yang Jing thought that if these pure handicrafts were taken back to give away, it would not be enough, so he waved his hand proudly. All the handicrafts from the four nearby Indian stalls were all rounded up by Yang Jing.

There are a total of five Indian stalls, and all the handicrafts together only cost Yang Jing more than 50,000 U.S. dollars.

This amount of money is nothing to Yang Jing at all, but it is a very large income for these Indians. Therefore, these Indian vendors all expressed their extreme gratitude to Yang Jing for his generosity.

However, when an old Indian man took out a small dark red totem pole, Yang Jing's eyes became a little straight.

Yang Jing knew that the totem pole was the most important item in an Indian tribe. Although the totem pole taken out by the Indian old man in front of him was only a miniature, it was also extremely rare.

In fact, the word "totem" originally originated from the transliteration of the word "totem" in the North American Indian Ojibwa dialect, meaning "his relatives." For Indians, totem worship is the original form of primitive religion, which appeared approximately in the late Paleolithic period.

The core of totem worship is the belief that a certain animal, plant, or inanimate has a blood relationship with its own clan, and is the ancestor and relatives of the clan, so that it is honored as the symbol, symbol and protector of the clan. Indians are the general term for all Native Americans except Eskimos. Their ethnic composition is quite complex and their totems are also diverse.

The most important one is the Celestial Thunderbird. In the Indian legend, the Thunderbird is the master of the "Heaven". It can make itself invisible, appear in the form of violent winds, and appear on the Indian Winter Festival. Usually on totem poles, thunderbirds will be carved on a thick tree trunk, carved in two parts, the upper part is a bird with a huge spreading wings, the beak is hook-shaped, and looks like an eagle; the lower half is two parts. Four standing people leaning on each other, round eyes, bulging bulge, big mouth, falling corners of the mouth, bare breasts, palms facing out, and arms hanging down close to the body.

Of course, there are more totems besides Thunderbird.

The totems of North American Indians are mostly animals, followed by plants. A tribe is divided into several different totem clans, and clans with the same totem are considered relatives to each other. Clans with the same totem cannot marry each other.

Many clans carved totem images on wooden poles to make "totem poles". Generally, totem poles are about 30 meters in height, but some can reach 60 meters in height. These totem poles are generally erected in the most eye-catching places of the village. As a mark of the clans, some clans painted totem marks on their utensils and houses. Dance ceremonies are often centered on totems, and dancers must wear masks and costumes that mimic totems.

Although totem poles are most prosperous in the Indian gathering areas on the Northwest Pacific coast of North America, there are still many such totem poles in other Indian gathering places in the United States or Canada.

It's like the miniature totem pole taken out by the Indian old man, it should be the totem worship of a local Indian clan, even if it is just a miniature totem pole, it is extremely precious.

The totem pole is only about forty centimeters high, the mouth of the bowl is thin, and there are four different animals carved on it, but Yang Jing can't recognize these four more abstract animals.

However, this miniature totem pole is obviously an old object with a few years of age. The dark red material is not known what kind of wood it is made of, but the weight is extremely heavy. Yang Jing feels that it is not even lighter than red sandalwood.

And the patina above is also very thick, definitely an old object that has been passed down for many years.

Seeing this old Indian smiling with a look of expectation and speaking in some native languages ​​that he didn't understand, Yang Jing was also a little confused.

Just now the first Indian stall owner immediately translated to Yang Jing: "Mazuluru said, thank you very much for taking care of us, and Mazuluru also asked if you like this totem pole, if you like it. , He hopes to be able to sell it to you for thirty thousand US dollars."

Yang Jing asked suspiciously: "He is willing to sell this totem pole to me?"

The Indian stallholder sighed and said: "Our tribe all know that this totem pole is Mazuluru's grandfather. When he was young, he brought back a Russian who was bitten by a snake from the wild. It's a pity that Russian In the end, the man was not saved. This totem pole belonged to the Russian. It was finally obtained by Mazuluru's grandfather and kept in Mazuluru's home. Some time ago, Mazuluru's only grandson was stolen because of theft. Arrest requires a lot of money to bail, so Mazuluru had no choice but to sell this totem pole."

After a pause, the Indian stall owner said: "Our tribe all know this totem pole from the Mazuluru family. This totem pole is at least more than a hundred years old, and it may even be even longer. And this totem pole is still carved out of'manzanita' wood. Now this kind of wood is rare in the United States, and logging is prohibited, so this totem pole is even more precious."

"Manzanita?" Yang Jing whispered. He only thought that the name seemed familiar, so he put the totem pole in his hand aside, smiled at the old Indian, and made a gesture of waiting. Then he took out the phone and called Lin Dan.

In a short while, Lin Dan and Fatty ran over. Fatty panted with his hands on his knees, while Lin Dan was pulled over by Yang Jing.

"I remember you seemed to mention a kind of wood called manzanita."

"Yes what's the matter?"

"I need detailed information about this wood."

Upon hearing this, Lin Dan shrugged and said: "Yes, this manzanita tree is a very precious tree, because this tree only grows in certain areas with microclimates in the south, and in addition to the western coast of the United States and Mexico. There are also some of these trees in the mountains of San Francisco. There are also some of these trees in the Mendocino National Forest Park north of San Francisco, but in small numbers. Some species of this tree are even highly endangered species, and logging is prohibited throughout the United States. Protected, very precious."

After a pause, Lin Dan continued: "This tree has the smoothest bark, and its color ranges from orange to red. And as the tree grows, its branches will grow in all directions, so it looks very unique. Distortion. It is precisely because of the extremely special shape of this tree that the perfectly presented branch shape of manzanita has become popular in home decoration. Not to mention that the trunk and nodules of the tree are a lot of carving art and car wood art. The best wood. In addition, manzanita is one of the hardest woods among the known tree species in the world. Its Jane card hardness can reach 235o pounds. It is ranked seventh in the world general furniture wood hardness table. You Chinese are the hardest. The Janka hardness of my favorite rosewood is only 294o pounds, and the Janka hardness of Siamese rosewood is only 226o pounds."

Hearing Lin Dan's explanation, Yang Jing understood a lot. Needless to say, red sandalwood, if the totem pole in my hand was made of red sandalwood, thirty thousand dollars would be a leak, and it was still a big leak, but if it was red rosewood, it would be almost impossible.

The best grade 3a Lao red sourwood on the market at present ~www.readwn.com~ is only 200,000 per ton.

However, the totem pole in front of me is carved from manzanita wood. This wood is obviously also quite precious, perhaps not as precious as red sandalwood, but definitely more expensive than red rosewood.

The totem pole carved from this section of manzanita wood weighs 40 kilograms. If you ask for 30,000 US dollars, it is indeed a bit expensive, but if you add the history of this totem wood, then 30,000 US dollars is really not counted. expensive.

The most important thing is that this kind of Indian totem pole is really rare. If you buy it back and put it at home, it will be considered a pretty good ornament.

Thinking of this, Yang Jing, who was touching the totem pole, subconsciously activated his appraisal skills. As a result, the answer given by the appraisal skills made Yang Jing stunned there...

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