Around 20 years ago, I found a ceramic Christmas tree in a thrift store. I remember that I felt a little silly buying it as the purchase was impulsive and random. A ceramic Christmas tree is featured on the cover of The Secret of the Musical Tree.
Recently, I was looking at a certain seller's listings on eBay. They had listed some bulk lots of series books that had sold at a reasonable price per lot. I started looking at the seller's other items and saw Balinese, Indonesian, and Mexican masks.
I thought of the "Indian heads" featured in The Ghost Parade.
The more I looked at the seller's listings, the more fascinated I became. I didn't want to purchase any of their masks, because they weren't Native American. I found myself wanting to have some Native American masks like the ones featured in The Ghost Parade, particularly the ones featured on the cover of the picture cover edition.
I started searching for Native American masks. I didn't want authentic Native American masks. Cost aside, it would not be right to purchase something like that, and it probably wouldn't be legal. So that was not a consideration. I specifically looked for listings that were upfront about the masks being reproductions.
Finally, I found a seller of reproduction spirit masks. I looked at the photos and thought about it. I was trying to resist, but I knew that I was going to lose the battle in the end. I had to have them.
My internal battle went on for around two to three days. Finally, I bought the masks, and they arrived today.
The spirit masks are made from carved wood and have been painted. They are very nice. They each have a hanger attached to the inside, and I will hang them on the wall once I figure out where to put them.
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