You might also be able to find or obtain a copy of the photo from another source. I searched civil war websites and found a National Park...
Very nice, Mary!
The dyes are so prone to fading that it is quite common to have a top more faded than the sides, or faded on one side but bright on the other....
Yes -if they didn't want to sell, ask if they could send a good quality scan; that would let you print up a near-identical copy. I'd suggest a tif...
The Boeing Sonic Cruiser was pretty much a concept plane, and it went through a lot of different concepts before being dropped. Some of them do...
Older Makah did use smaller starts, but I don't think these are old enough for that to be very relevant. These starts look rather like Nootka...
And on the little electric motor: I had an older all-metal version. Cool for sure.
Yes.
I'm a bit over-sensitive to using the word "Tiki" (Komo may be also) because so often it is used in combination with the word "totem" on ebay for...
The one in Quirkygirl's first photo is very similar to Terry's, but has the same design on both sides, while Terry's has different designs on...
Possibly, but I think that would have dyed the back of the fabric also. I'm thinking this was a simple printing process, the golden color printed...
Good choice, Cx; my wife has used Rhinestone Rosie many times. They even replaced a missing inlay on a Native American bracelet.
And an image search for African slave bracelet turns up several similar items......
I don't always trust pinterest/ebay/auction attributions..... but here is a very similar object, described as an antique African slave bracelet....
It sure looks like a bracelet, but the wearer would have to be sort of a gorilla...
PS, I'm a "he." Just to confuse you, we have another AF, afantiques; also a He. But I'm not offended. Gender on the board is often not...
Just as an aside, I have grown disenchanted with attributions based on what stuff is found with, or where the collector is known to have traveled....
I'd list it as camel bone, and would not expect any problems from ebay.
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