I can definitely see the multiple similarities. http://www.nationalcostumedolls.com/kenya-turkana-tribe-ngide-dolls/ [ATTACH]"[ATTACH] Ngide' or...
thanks Taupou for the lead. much appreciated; will investigate to add to the knowledge pool.
it just struck me that the Y would look better upside down; printer type error? just musing.
ha. Cameroon was my best guess coincidentally. Thx Namji doll? Falli Ritual doll? So confusing; so much to learn... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Calgon,...
the Y looks very art nouveau to me, other than that, agree it says Germany. Could not find a match to the letter style but that might help date it.
@Taupou your comment would be appreciated
starting with some 'obvious' clues: the woman is carrying a basket of 'loaves' of some kind and wearing a head wrap... that might help narrow the...
Don't know enough about African tribal art except that attributions can be 'tricky' without provenance, and I don't have any for this piece. I...
Good point. Moral: don't get stuck on techniques.
interesting to me that #1106 appears, as if suggesting that its a series for commercial sale. Must've been back in the day when Disney didn't...
My guess is, from reading the link article, that the fabric is virtually indistinguishable b/c it might be 'double glued' down onto the wood (wood...
From the article link: "We have egg tempera icons centuries old, which, when cleaned, have retained fresh, vivid colours and an unflawed surface....
This is curious; the broken corner looks like the wood was covered in a cloth, sewn along the edges, before painting. By the flaking it looks...
[ATTACH] ceramic version found online, very close approximation of the overall and face design, so to me that speaks 'copy of something else'...
My approach: where did they come from and how did they get to a thrift store? Chances are they were at the entrance (gravel) of a Chinese...
Deleting makes it shorter too. And I would say "less is more" in that it would be perfect then to attract everybody. 'Imperial Roman' (forgive...
Watch it end up being a Frank Lloyd Wright missing museum piece.
strikes me as a "I don't know how to build it, so ... here goes" design. Step 1: must be the top design. 2) I'll lap joint it... it's got to be...
More on your guy: https://tubac.pastperfectonline.com/archive/1DC9074C-E4D7-4DA3-8770-942809522820. Seems he might have lived in Nogales for a...
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