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Not nearly as exciting as other's choices....but I'd go to B.C. Canada, only a couple of hours away from me; due to some personal collecting...
They can certainly fetch very good prices; and are quite good bowls for use...I've got an old one from my Mom that I still use.
Oh yes. It is apparently a perilous hike. Sometimes the older carvers will pay/bribe/trade with younger ones to carry the packs of rock. This is...
The appearance is much like a type of marble; but hard to say. It doesn't look to me like the types of stone usually used by Eskimo or Inuit...
Sure....but not uniformly mottled with white like the Chinese carvings I was thinking of. They've also found a nice uniform black stone that...
I don't know so much about bears; but the Chinese have indeed been making fake First Nation totem pole carvings; copied from Haida argillite...
I had a very similar one once; it was a very dense wood, ebony or rosewood, and from India.
Or, here's something you could try: it is possible to make a puzzle-box, with all sides apparently closed; but having internal passageways for a...
PS, when posting photos, there is an option to use "full-size" and you should always click that box; it is easier for readers. You may still have...
I can sort of see an elephant...or maybe a flying monkey. But I'd agree, it is apparently part of a firescreen. Not sure what would be the...
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I'd say it is a souvenir, but not sure from where.
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