The Icelandic connection - 01.12.2020, Qupperneq 39

Vol. 71 #4
ICELANDIC CONNECTION
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and we played the record often and
listened to the amazing voices of that
world renowned choir.
When I was older and leaving home I
wrapped each little figurine in tissue and
put them in a small box, left them at my
parents place along with some other things
I intended to keep, and there they stayed
until about a year ago when I came across
them and took them out to have a peek
at them. I certainly haven’t decided what
I need next to do with them. I noticed
that they were looking a bit old and their
color had become a wee bit faded. I have
a good friend, Georgina, who is an artist
and wondered if she would spruce them
up for me. She would have the supplies of
paints and such to do the job and then I
would have to get on with deciding what
to do with them.
I told Georgina that they were old
but I really didn’t know how old, so she
was reluctant to freshen up their paint
until she could ascertain whether or not
they were valuable. We had that checked
out. They have been made in a plaster cast
and appraised to be, “of no value”.
Georgina took on the task of sanding
them a bit and then painting them and
when they were all done she gave me
a call to come pick them up. When I
got them back I opened up the box,
unwrapped each little figurine and was
taken completely by surprise when I
saw what she had done. What had once
been identical monocultural little choir
boy figurines were now, true to the
artistic talent of the artist, each painted
to show multiculturalistic tones to their
skin color, hair color and eye color. They
are delightful. They were, “of no value”,
perhaps they are of value now, with their
artistic flare. They were “of no value”
except perhaps to a long ago music lover.
Are they, “of no value” to a little girl who
displayed them - a gifted treasure. I had a
namesake too, a long time ago.
Thank you to artist, Georgina Ball.
Information from Dilla Narfason.