"Head to Head"    This was done in Sand, built up to shape the heads and watercolor painted in to accent the built up and subject.  Truly one of a kind.

. . . A Warrior is stately and an Maiden regal, on the back of a beautiful Appaloosa.  They were bred by Nez Perce, a hardy horse, compact, but with style.  Sturdy in footing and long on stamina.  In "Head to Head," these parade ponies show their beauty in the spots.  And oh what spots!

Dressed in beadwork and fringe they are a show in the viewing, a feast for the eyes.  Years ago before the Nez Perce were sent to the reservations, after a determined effort with many souls passing o in a process.  Due to weakness, lack of food and the weather, in trying to get to Canada, the Cavalry took the Nez Perce breeding stock and slaughtered them.  But like the great people who loved them, and bred them they are her today, they survived.

They come as a Leopard ( White or Rust background, with spots, ) a Few Spot Leopard ( has spots but not seen very well, ) or the common - the Blanket marking ( Black or Brown with Black or Brown  or White rump spots. )  This exquisite Rust and Leopard Appaloosa, are only a part of what they carry through the Westward Ho Parade, in Pendleton, Oregon at Round-up time.  For on their backs are beautiful Indian Maidens in buckskin, beads and Eagle Feathers.  I thin they are better than any fancy car you could ever ride in a parade.

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