Chapter 137 The Chief's Raincoat Request a Monthly Pass!)
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Jesse's rise up made Jin Muchen feel very surprised, and the stall owner was even more stunned.↖
What does it mean? Could it be that this wood carving is still a good thing? You must know that this wood carving has been placed in their home for many years and no one can tell it. It is just roughly known that this statue was once stolen from the Indians by his ancestor who participated in the development of the western United States.
At that time, relying on wealth covered with Indian scalp blood, their family was once glorious, but life was full of ups and downs. When his grandfather's generation started, his family failed to invest and his family's family's family's fortunes were lost. In addition, he had an unreliable father. The country that several generations of ancestors in the family worked hard to build, and finally he was basically defeated, so he could only fall to the point of buying second-hand goods in the second-hand market.
This statue was originally regarded by his ancestors as a trophy for expanding territory and was always placed in the study of their original luxury house. Later, his grandfather did not like the strange smell of the statue, so he was put into the basement.
Later, he didn't like the strange smell of this thing, so he took it to the market to sell it. He has been setting up a stall here for several years, but this broken thing has never been sold.
Today, someone is willing to be the sucker and spend 400 dollars to buy this thing. He was originally quite happy, but now when this woman says this, his heart is also moved.
Originally, some stall owners who had no business around them also surrounded them at this time. The middle-aged American uncles and aunts were no different from the Chinese aunts. As long as there was a fun view, they would definitely not be left behind.
"What do you mean?"
"Hmph, open your eyes and take a good look, this wood sculpture."
Jesse asked Jin Muchen to put down the wood sculpture. He was also curious about the statue. He could see the clothes he wore before. It should be a treasure, but he himself didn't know exactly what the treasure method was.
After all, this involves the cultural heritage of North American natives. With his current understanding of American history, he really can't explain why. He originally wanted to bring the wood carvings back and find people who know how to help with research.
It seems that there is no need now, Jesse seems to be very familiar with this wood carving.
"You look at the wood carving figures, with a narrow forehead and wide cheeks. The hairstyle is mainly for hair recognition, and the tattoo on the wood carving's face is the most intuitive explanation. This should be a wood carving of the ancestors of the Xia'an tribe."
Jesse pointed to the wood carving and said to the stall owner that it was actually a popularization of knowledge about Indian wood carvings to the onlookers.
In fact, as early as the beginning of immigrants from the European continent, hundreds of Indian tribes of all sizes lived on the American continent. Although they were all Indians in the mouths of Europeans, there were actually many differences between them.
"The Cheyenne people were Indians who lived in the New Jersey area in their early years. Their current territory is right next to Philadelphia..."
"Stop talking about these useless things. I have also studied this wood carving. I know it is a Xia'an thing, but what can it do? Although it is an old object, what can it do? The carving of this wood carving is very rough and the materials are very average. It uses the most ordinary boxwood, so even if it can be considered an antique, it is not worth much money?"
The stall owner was obviously very dissatisfied. The wood carving has been kept in his house for many years. If you don’t study it at all, it will definitely be impossible.
"Besides, such wood carvings are now available in almost every second-hand market, and they are not rare at all. If you like them, I can even find the wood carvings left by the ancestors of the Navajo people or the Cherokee people?"
Although I felt terrified, the stall owner didn't want to show his timidity in front of Jesse. If this girl was really proved to be a fool with eyes today, how could he survive in this market in the future?
Jesse's mouth curled up slightly, showing a sarcastic smile.
"Forget it, I'd better tell you directly. As you said before, such a wood carving is indeed worthless, but do you see this wood carving in it?"
"And, I thought you were talking about what treasure? It turned out to be that bad thing. Haha, the strange smell on the torn clothes before made me want to burn it with fire? Why, are you going to tell me now that this torn clothes are good things?"
A hint of panic flashed in the stall owner's eyes. Looking at the girl's expression of calmness when she spoke, he felt upset. Could it be that he really thought he had been blind for a while?
"You still want to burn it? Thank you for not taking the time. If you have time, you should really read a few more books. This torn clothes you mentioned were actually a raincoat made by Indians back then. Moreover, the material of this raincoat is very unusual, and it was made of whale casings. Back then, only some Indian tribes living on the coast could make it, and because of the scarcity of materials, such raincoats were quite rare. They had to be people with very high status in the tribe to own them."
When Jesse said this, the stall owner was already stunned, and the other onlookers were also in a state of confusion.
Jesse said so clearly that as long as the people present are not fools, they can basically understand that this torn dress that looks dirty and smelly must be a very scarce treasure.
"You...why can you be sure that this torn dress is the raincoat worn by the Indian chiefs back then?"
The stall owner was still a little unwilling to give up. If the torn clothes were really as this woman said, then losing face was the second. The key was that he would have to pay a lot of money this time, the things had been sold, and the goods were paid off, and many people saw it.
If you want to come back, just cheating is not possible.
"Why? Because I've seen such a raincoat before! The torn clothes you're talking about now seem to be in the United States, one is at the National History Museum in Washington, the other two are collected in the National Indian Research Center, and the other is collected in the Zipewa Tribe's own museum."
After Jesse said this, the people around him were in an uproar again.
There are only three torn clothes in the United States, and now the fourth one appears here, and there is almost no doubt that cherishing sex.
Although the Indian cultural relics are not very popular in the collection market in the United States, even so, this dress is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, right?
If you meet a rich man who likes Indian culture, you can sell it for millions in a minute.
As soon as Jesse said this, the middle-aged stall owner seemed to have been struck by lightning. He stayed on the spot, and his originally rosy face suddenly turned pale as paper.
His eyes were dull and his mouth kept muttering to himself. It seemed that he was about to feel mentally collapsed.
If anyone heard this result, it would definitely be the same. The family was already in a state of decline and was still thinking about turning around, but the treasures worth hundreds of thousands or even millions left by the ancestor were sold at a low price for only four hundred dollars. No one could accept such ups and downs.
When Jin Muchen saw that the stall owner was a little lost, he was afraid that he would get mad after a while. If he suddenly started to hurt someone, it would be inappropriate. So he quickly pulled Jesse, squeezed out of the crowd, and oiled the soles of his feet slipped away.
"Are you just said true?"
Jesse and Jin Muchen sat in the SUV that Jin Muchen drove, and Jin Muchen's eyes passed through the rearview mirror from time to time and swept over the statue placed on the rear seat.
He was a little unsure. Did Jesse say that just now just now to deliberately anger the stall owner? After all, Jesse had never had any substantial contact with the wood carving before, and had never even touched it. How could she determine that the clothes on the wood carving were the raincoat worn by the chief of the Cheyenne tribe?
Jesse, who was sitting in the passenger seat, laughed: "I want me to help you with the appraisal? That will cost you an appraisal fee!"
"No problem, you can just offer a price!"
"Okay, I want you to owe me three favors. If I have something to ask for in the future, you must agree!"
This Jesse is cunning enough, Jin Muchen smiled helplessly and looked at her.
"Okay, as long as I can."
"Ok! Deal! That's because when I was studying history in college, I had a very good classmate, who was from the Xia'an. At that time, she led me to visit many Indian museums, so I really saw such raincoats. I didn't lie before. She told me that their tribe had such raincoats before, but unfortunately, it was lost because of the war between European immigrants and tribes. As for why I didn't get started, I'm sure this was a raincoat made by Indians with whale casings? That's because the raincoat was radiating.
The smell came out. At that time, the Indians used the method of dealing with whale casings was very special. They used very strange drugs to prevent the raincoat from rotting for a long time. So if the raincoat was left for a long time, there would be such a strange smell. I used to visit this raincoat in the National Indian Research Center and the Chipewa Tribal Museum. I smelled this smell when I visited this raincoat. To be honest, this smell has always been my nightmare back then. So, I don’t have to get started today, but I just smelled this strange smell. I knew that this must be the Indian raincoat."
Jesse was very frank, and after hearing her explanation, Jin Muchen finally fell into the ground with a big rock in his heart, and finally knew the origin of the clothes.
Chapter completed!