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It looks like a fairly early stereoview - likely an albumen paper print, on a fairly thin, flat card - 3rd quarter of the 19th century or so....
Looks like it might be a library rebinding. This is what the cover should look like -...
It is an interesting figure. Do you now any history about it? It looks like it may be carved from African blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon), also...
The author's name was Harvey Newcomb. "Hervey" appears to have been a typesetter's error, corrected in later editions. When trying to get an idea...
The different light sources are composed of different wavelengths. Different wavelengths react/reflect differently with the pigments.
There are some similarities with Dinka headrests, but the style of the human face points more toward Oceania. It may be a type known from the...
That would certainly be a closer source. I don't know if the Dutch produced figurines of naked ladies, though.
Looks like a "chisel head" geologist's hammer, or stone mason's hammer.
Interesting little object. It looks like she may have originally had a head pegged on. According to AI, a specific gravity of 2.31 is within the...
The original 1879 painting, "A Young Woman in Renaissance Costume", by Wilhelm Menzler (1846-1926), recently sold at auction....
Where did you acquire it? Was it accompanied by any information? Does it smell like smoke? (Although this, too, can be applied.) The use of...
I have not seen similar, and can't find a comparison. It does seem to be the kind of thing that might be concocted for sale.
It might be a type of "stake" or "hardy", used in shaping sheet metal. The long arm would fit into the square "hardy hole" on an anvil.
I have seen them done with glass beads, but not metal beads such as those. Described as "crochet rope bead necklace", usually 1920's flapper era.
"There is a bit of somewhat contradictory information about the authorship of these volumes on page 222 in James King's Japanese Woodblock Prints:...
Porcelain is not my area, but the decoration on these vases looks similar to your cruet. They are identified as Georgian period, made by...
The fellow in the second photo looks like he might be a mechanic, with a typical mechanic's cap. Perhaps railroad related. Too bad whatever he had...
Cool! https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/baby-carriers/
That seems consistent with Tohono O'odham work. Also, the fact that it is so small. The Pakistani copies tend to go for larger effect.
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