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All, I just found out this is ebony. And that it's not a tourist piece. It's a quality cultural museum piece from the 70s. Probably Kenya or...
thanks bakersgma, i very much appreciate your efforts. maybe i'll take them to a silver shop and find out what they're made of. chuck
thanks everyone, i, too, saw the finding of two matching tastevins a red flag. plus they are in very good condition. just some tarnish on 10% or...
hello again, i found a couple of wine-tasting cups (tastevins, i've learned). they're identical (including the three marks) to one i see on ebay....
He just stopped ringing (just kidding). Thanks for the information.
Update: While following up on the "effigy" lead provided here, I found enough related images to make me think that my "metal dog" may be a...
Thanks for the fast responses. I think he's got a nice smile. And he gets along great with the turtle dragon. I still wonder how he was made and...
I have no idea where this came from. Shop class? It's a nonmagnetic hollow metal. When I first saw it, I thought it was terra-cotta pottery. But...
Thanks. I wonder if the underlying concentric rings under the signature can tell us anything.
Thanks. I'll try to get some more images. Chuck
Thanks, Komokwa.
Thanks for your thoughts. More to come on this.
Komokwa, I still don't understand why you don't see more (any) of my type of item on ebay. Everything's on ebay. I guess tourists get really...
Kevin, Thanks for the two ebony examples. Very nice. Chuck
I'm thinking this is a Japanese painting on silk. Any other insights or info? (It's signed, but no picture of the signature provided by me.) I'm...
Johnny and others, I'm also curious why I can't find much else like it online. It seems like there are a lot of intricate "tree of life" carvings,...
Thanks Laura and Slowly, I haven't found anything definitive under your suggestions so far. Maybe I'll try to get better images of the signing....
Laura and others. Thanks. I think there might be something to the bixi idea. (Mine has four legs. The neck is not hollow.) Somebody has told me...
Thanks, Kevin. It is, in fact, heavy for its size. I had been thinking maybe African Blackwood, because it has a purplish coloring I read about. I...
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