...an unattractive one, if so.
Here's another signature I can't 'crack.' Maybe someone else can? I think it's "W. R. Ba----art"?? I got it at a local garage sale. The woman...
Good find Bosko--- I think it looks promising too.
Schreger lines sure seem to be visible on your pics.
Maybe smudge some pencil lead on your finger tip then wipe over the mark and see if it gets clearer. You can always wipe graphite off, I think.
For a couple of bucks, I bought a weird metal base with long metal rods coming out of it. I later learned it was a 'chime block,' the part that...
Likely Makah on the first one, and the second one is not Canadian First Nations nor US Native American. Here's a good discussion on telling the...
Hey @Marote: I bet you're really good at those 'Spot the Differences' games with two images. Here in the US, they print those on the backs of...
Cool painting @Drew! It looks way more 1920's-30's to me than contemporary 21st C, and that's a plus in my book.
There is, actually, a smaller Navajo pottery tradition, centered in an area called Cow Springs, in which the hand-made pots are covered in pine...
Thanks for the comments @all_fakes.
It definitely seems that mine was made by someone with a good deal of experience. It does feel nice in the hand, and it's satisfyingly large at...
Good times. Funny. Humor doesn't always come off so well on postings on Antiquers, because people politely assume you're in earnest, but that was...
Thanks @Bronwen. I remembered from previous threads your interest in fetishes and was hoping you'd comment. Appreciate it. And thanks to everyone...
Yikes! :D
Unlike the papier-mache fish on another thread of mine, I actually do think this black fetish I found is pretty elegant. When I first picked it...
[Definitely tongue in cheek!] That scream is also an appropriate response to my fish!
Perhaps not at first, but by the second and third look this papier-mache fish evinces a subtle sophistication and unique vision that make it well...
That would probably sell in my space in the antique mall. Folk art is appealing.
Yeah, great color!
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