Hand-carved owl icon from a local tribe on the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal, India. (With thanks to Ajai Saxena) |
Brass owl, India |
Modern painting of a small Otus-type owl ("mao tou ying") from Beijing, China. Owls in China are viewed as harbingers of ill health and bad news, and it is very rare to find artwork of owls. (With thanks to Gordon Davis) |
Pen-and-ink by Christine Holden © 1986; presented as an award for working on a Forest Service Spotted Owl EIS team. |
Owl folk art from tribes of the Mayurbhanj / Simlipal area of Orissa, India. Made by casting metal wires on a clay mould and baking in a fire. (With thanks to Ajai Saxena) |
Artwork from the cover of the report by the Interagency Scientific Committee on Northern Spotted Owls, Portland, Oregon. Signed by Committee members. |
Navajo Kuchina "Owl Man" doll. by Leah Montry, Tucson, Arizona. Owl Man is viewed as beneficial to agriculture because he eats rodents. He also symbolizes intelligence and wisdom. |
Owl tribal mask from First Nation Artist, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. |
Pueo, the locally endemic subspecies of Short-eared Owl on Hawaii. Polynesian style art by Avi Kiriaty, Hawaii. (With thanks to Carrie) |
Soapstone carving, Canada, by "Wolf Original." |
For fun ... label of a special microbrew beer from British Columbia, Canada, made for a wildlife conference. (With thanks to Brian Nyberg) |
 Owl origami by Ken Kinstler (With thanks to Ken & Karla Kinstler) |
 Carving from ebony, from Cameroon (With thanks to George Akwah) |
 Stained glass, frontlit - by Terry Crowe (With thanks to Terry) |
 Stained glass, backlit - by Terry Crowe |