Wow @2manybooks! That's amazing. I'm sure those well-finished products are the result of lots of prior practice. So cool. Thanks for sharing these.
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It looks like Santa Clara to me too. Pueblo pottery is not glazed-- it's polished. Before the clay is entirely dry, when it's still a little...
Really interesting photo @Figtree3 ! One day, the littlun' probably graduated to workout equipment too. And cool wolf/dog @J Dagger .
Interesting idea! I hadn't thought of that, and it's pretty gross. But who knows?
...and can we see the back and 'bottom' such as it is? Maybe the 'nails' too? Those kinds of details will help members give you more accurate...
Welcome Owlette! There's lots of helpful people here.
Yeah it does look old, though certainly not 2000 years old, but I'll admit to being clueless there. It seems like there's an older patina that has...
I would say Kenya on the woman carving. I've had one very much the same that was labeled as such.
Welcome silverking53. Do you go antiquing by bicycle?
Thank you for the references! They look quite useful.
I got that one at a low-key estate sale, along with this one, also broken. They were 25 cents each, so I figured they were worth the learnin'......
Ah-ha. Ok-- thank you.
I see it-- thank you. Perhaps close but no cigar because .... ???
I know this has no value, but in the interest of my own learning I'd love to hear any and all comments on this broken and sloppily glued bowl....
Here's mine: 2022 was kind of a year of finding inexpensive Navajo weavings for me: [ATTACH] This one I like the best: It's a Two Grey Hills...
I love that picture! I think that's what I'm gonna (personally) go with... Thank you once again for your consideration.
The other items I got at this auction were some SW pottery, a Shipibo bowl, Molas, a keris, some photography, "old Indo-Persian textiles".... So,...
Yeah-- thanks for the thought. It's definitely bone.
Maybe @2manybooks would have an idea too.
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