Painted Wood Giraffe Garden Baumann s personal stories highlight

Baumann s personal stories highlight his charming humor

The mother's voice is timelessly reassuring as she answers her daughter's questions and advises her that being like a princess has to do with what we are on the inside

As an artist and activist whose works have been internationally exhibited and collected

She has exhibited her work at the Santa Fe Indian Market

now in the collections of the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

Painted Wood Giraffe Garden Baumann s personal stories highlightGiraffes are known throughout Africa for their natural curiosity. An old African folktale tells of God speaking to His newly created animals as to their purpose on earth. The name Twiza was bestowed upon the giraffes by the Shona people. As God spoke to Twiza, she stretched her neck to heaven to hear Him more clearly. God was pleased and gave her a long, elegant neck so she could reach the leaves of the tallest trees and as a sign to others that extra