Sorry for the thread-hijack.....I'm going to blame it on Komo and Taupou. :bag:
That's what I thought also. The ones I've seen with the stickers - which of course can be faked - made it appear that the "official" Alaskan...
That little boy is so weird, for so many reasons......
Grrrr.:mad:
"Alaskan Smoked Grass Bowl with Bone Carvings" http://www.ebay.com/itm/281961683945?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT...
I guess one could also mention the trick of attaching a bone carving to a Chinese basket......I've even seen those with the official Alaskan igloo...
"Antique Eskimo Inuit Basket"...
"Vintage Alaskan Inuit" http://www.ebay.com/itm/301901110202?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT [ATTACH]
"Antique Eskimo Inuit basket" http://www.ebay.com/itm/301866119301?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT (Lombok tribe,...
Komo and I had a thread for fake masks and NW Coast items; it was helpful to some people but also attracted trolls due to internet searching....
Another site lists this as the A.W. Faber model 375, from 1932, made in Bavaria; the company had by then adopted the name Faber-Castell, and sold...
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I'd guess that you could sell the boxes at a dollar or two each, maybe $5 for the vases. They wouldn't be the sort of thing one would buy hoping...
I agree 100% and can add that I totally understand your (Taupou's) passion about the subject, as I have similar strong feelings about Northwest...
Here's an article showing the placement (underneath the footboard) and use of such bells or "foot gongs" on early automobiles and horse carriages....
For sure Native American in style, but I don't recognize any of the markings, so very hard to say if the makers were or were not native, or even...
My guess is that it would have minimal (under $200) value if made playable, and that making it playable might well cost $100-$150. I'd suggest...
I always wear a hat.....my "performing" hat for on-stage use is a gray fedora with a Zuni turquoise rosette on the front, and a tiny moonstone bee...
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