Lunette - Hampton Indian Carver LbNA #41868
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 16, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Hampton |
| County: | Windham |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Nomad Indian Saint  |
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| Found by: | mamooshatoots (now Stamper) |
| Last found: | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Nov 27, 2015 |
Have you ever marveled at the 18 and early 19th century headstones of our ancestors? The colonial burying grounds of New England represent some of the most wondrous carvings and are treasure troves of information and beauty of many kinds. The stones are the “persisting symbols of an art form that is largely indigenous, that reached a high level of abstract complexity and beauty that died away in an amazingly short period of time.”
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. In the north and south Hampton Burying grounds are nearly 50 stones that include some of the most striking and audacious carved by any of the local primitive carvers of New England. These stones, of which only a very few exist outside of Hampton, appear to be attempts to emulate the work of Julius Collins or possibly Obadiah Wheeler.
The stones are relatively tall with very crude faces that in extreme cases consist of a pair of close-set, beady eyes set above a proboscis-like trunk or beak that protrudes downward from the tiny head. From the face extends a phalanx of upbent, stiff, pointed feathers, giving the lunette a somewhat Indian Chief-like appearance.
South Cemetery – Hampton, CT
On the top of the hill in the center there are 4 tall bushes with a stone in the middle for Starkey. 27 paces at 20 degrees from there you will find the carving by the Hampton Indian carver - “Here lies the body of Lucc Howard”. Now take a reading of 160 degrees to wall and tree. Look 3 feet south side of the “grandest” tree near the top of the wall – remove 1 stone. Please respect the cemetery during your visit.
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. In the north and south Hampton Burying grounds are nearly 50 stones that include some of the most striking and audacious carved by any of the local primitive carvers of New England. These stones, of which only a very few exist outside of Hampton, appear to be attempts to emulate the work of Julius Collins or possibly Obadiah Wheeler.
The stones are relatively tall with very crude faces that in extreme cases consist of a pair of close-set, beady eyes set above a proboscis-like trunk or beak that protrudes downward from the tiny head. From the face extends a phalanx of upbent, stiff, pointed feathers, giving the lunette a somewhat Indian Chief-like appearance.
South Cemetery – Hampton, CT
On the top of the hill in the center there are 4 tall bushes with a stone in the middle for Starkey. 27 paces at 20 degrees from there you will find the carving by the Hampton Indian carver - “Here lies the body of Lucc Howard”. Now take a reading of 160 degrees to wall and tree. Look 3 feet south side of the “grandest” tree near the top of the wall – remove 1 stone. Please respect the cemetery during your visit.