A bit OT, but if I may summarize the controversy about "Indian" trade beads: It is well-accepted that Native American and Canadian First Nations...
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Here it is....a listing for the 2005 auction, posted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: "The to-be-auctioned materials were included in a...
Absolutely right. For example, I don't know how many times I've seen people who couldn't identify a basket because they searched for "Native...
I've saved a link on my other PC, an official statement from the US Fish and Wildlife folks, or at least quoting such a release. I'll have to...
I couldn't agree more.
Komo is of course 100% correct. I could add that I've only seen the copper details on Indonesian items relatively recently; but I don't get...
I'd agree with Komo; the wood does look like red cedar to me, and likely made for sale somewhere on the NW coast, quite a while ago. A Northwest...
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I was surprised to find, while researching some nativity sets, that the "hand-carving" is "machine-aided." I had noticed that the prices were...
I see them now; the bottom one especially is visible.
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