Featured in this lot is a Navajo Pam Begay Alabaster Sculpture, circa 1990s to early 2000s. Alabaster is a soft stone found in the American Southwest "four corners" region of New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Colorado, the sacred home of the Navajo people, where it’s been used for carving sculptures, statues, and other decorative artworks. Among Native Americans in the Southwest, Alabaster symbolizes purity and is said to represent the colour of a person’s soul. It is believed to be a protective stone, and it’s used to safeguard the most innocent people like children and infants. It’s also used to help people cope with significant changes in their lives and to show that these changes aren’t necessarily bad. Alabaster sculptures are primarily artistic in nature and are carved in both traditional and contemporary poses by artisans among the Apache, Navajo and Zuni peoples, and they are all hand-carved. This sculpture displays unique alabaster colouring of white, red/rose, and green hues. The freestanding piece is in beautiful condition, signed on reverse lower right corner, "P.B". Measures 8.25"H x 6"W x 2"D, weight is 4lb, 12oz.