Claire & Jim lived overseas for more than 10 years. Working in the field of relief and development for organizations like the Red Cross & CARE, Jim & Claire lived in Nicaragua, Mozambique, Angola & Zimbabwe. Claire also did a posting in Djibouti (Horn of Africa) and in refugee camps on the Thai/Cambodia border Throughout their travels and work they have gathered an ecelectic collection of arts & crafts plus many photos. These can be found throughout their home and in the guest rooms. Below are some examples:
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This stool is from the Congo and is reputedly a chief's chair.
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The giraffes are from the Victoria Falls region of Zambia. The mask on the wall is a traditional mask from Guatemala used in dances by Mayan ancestors depicting the Spanish conquest.
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This pair of carved wooden figures are the embodiment of the power of an African 'nganga' or witch doctor. They come from a remote region of Mozambique. The female figure has what we assume to be a tobacco pouch around her neck. She is clad (in deference to our more sensitive guests and her rather strident genatalia) in a Ndebele bead skirt -part of a young women's dowry,
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The male figure shows the carved 'stick' protruding out of the head. The stick was the applicator of the witch doctors 'muthi' or medicine held in the cavity in the head.
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A Buddhist monastery perched on a hillside in Ladakh district of Kashmir, India . The architecture is similar to the famous Potala Palace in Lhasa.
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The beautiful standing dunes of the Namibe Desert (south west coast of Africa) with a gemsbok just visible in the foreground.
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A young Guatemalan girl, of Mayan descent, weaving a 'huipile' like the one she is wearing on a simple loom that has remain unchanged for centuries.
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The Taj Mahal as seen from the Red Fort where Shah Jahan (the builder of the Taj) was imprisonned by his son .
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Jim, your host, high in the Khumbu Valley with Mt. Everest in the background.
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