The Chaperone

Craig Bergsgaard’s sculpture, The Chaperone, features a Navajo woman tending to the young sheep of her flock.

The shepherdess is wearing the traditional blanket dress and bun hairstyle of 150 years ago.

The Chaparone

The Chaperone by Craig Bergsgaard
32″H x 14″W x 14″D
Bronze
$7,000

 

Your purchase of The Chaperone helps weaving education at the historic Toadlena Trading Post

Twenty percent of the sale of the first piece in this edition will be donated to the the Toadlena Young Weaver’s Project, a non-profit fund administered by the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe.

The #1 version of The Chaperone will have three special features that the other pieces in the edition will not have:

  1. A miniature Navajo rug (approx 6″ x 18″) with the title of the piece handwoven into it
  2. A special walnut “jewelry box” style base with a drawer that can house the tiny rug, the catalog, and photos of the piece with the weavers (and other show ephemera)
  3. The title is laser cut into the jewelry box and highlighted with gold pigment

The Chaperone is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you would like us to reserve the #1 version for you, please email Wopila Artist Guild or contact us by telephone at 602-510-3662.