Pacific Northwest and California Indigenous Peoples revere condors as beings of great spiritual power and have dances to honor them. But after the arrival of European colonizers, both Indigenous People and condors suffered genocidal attacks. Today the California condor is Critically Endangered and in 1987, the condor became extinct in the wild when the remaining 27 wild individuals were intentionally captured in order to preserve the species. Fortunately through captive breeding at California zoos, the number of condors have increased and the birds were able to be reintroduced to Arizona, Utah, and California – however they still remain one of the rarest birds in the world. One of the major factors that led to the condor decline was lead poisoning from consuming prey containing bird shot. This is such a problem for wild condos still that the Condor Recovery Center at Oakland Zoo treats condors that are ill from lead poisoning.
Incredibly rare both in the wild, this California condor is from Hudson Sandy. The beautiful sloping body is carved from black marble and the bright orange head and neck are from apple coral. Hudson has inlaid turquoise eyes that contrast beautifully with the red coral, and his every stunning attention to detail is present here in the careful incised lines of the feathers beak. With a faint waddle and a serious expression, this carving is 2" tall, 3/4" wide, and 2" deep.
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