Ah! eureka. herb wall planters... that way the holes don't need to be balanced. pot hangs against wall, so horizontal forces are offset by...
in envision the two holes in the back as this kind of use:[ATTACH] That way the spout is a drain hole facing down, and makes sense why the 'face'...
apparently Tlaloc was Aztec, not Mayan. He Who Makes Things Sprout. Rain god. The vessel looks like its supposed to be hung up, like a...
The nose of the piece is very Mayan, so not African imo. The eyes -- more Bulgarian. [omg, that was bad]
[ATTACH] Tlaloc sometimes depicted with bulging eyes: [ATTACH]
Is this it? [ATTACH] ...came up while searching "mayan bulging eyes". I was curious what deity the reproduction piece might be modelled after,...
These look a lot like the flood of pins that came out of the former USSR after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the 90s. One or two even...
I'm having that put on my headstone.
Sometimes the back is as important as the front, so please post additional pictures of the boring backside. Not hers. The paintings'.
it's puzzlers like these that lead to fascinating discoveries and comparative cultural analysis......
This is basically my reasoning: [ATTACH] modern blankets at market. The peruvian ones have a very similar X pattern in them too.
Split the diff? Central American?!!! just kidding. I tend to agree it appears northern South America based on colors and pattern and...
Might be Ukrainian Gerdan Necklace. Google search shows a wide variety, though they seem to be more ornate and floral....
Yes, but the 16 added tacks in the Dutch version detract from the $170 US price at $10 per tack! :greedy::greedy: Now that's brutal.
looks a lot like this one:...
LOL. Taking a bullet for antiquing, now that's dedication!
First, Thank you all for responding at all. You don't know how nervous I've been, doubting myself. I kept telling myself, it's real, but if its...
Yeah... I realized that after the fact... thx guys. I was looking to link from there to here but haven't figured out how to do that yet. (and I...
thanks for the tag suggestion; I also suggest @komokwa
Is this a 'find'? [not my pic] Just bought it for $12. 101 x 61 inches, so about 12 cents per linear inch. I think it's a Navajo "pound rug."...
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