Yes--avanyu (SW water serpent)
I don't think it's Czech... It might be Alaskan, but others will know a lot more than me.
@wlwhittier : Nice bell, and nice job on the photos.
I agree we could use more pictures, inc the bottom. Looks like it's in a store. At first glance, it does not appear to me to be characteristic of...
Yes, welcome! Lots of helpful people here, and LOTS to learn.
Welcome. Lots of helpful and knowledgeable people here!
May I ask, why is that? If the holes hold the same thickness of cord, why the different sizes? (Sorry for my ignorance!)
Agree! And I appreciate that you say that Salinger 'correctly' glosses over that. Much of today's fiction seems so directly focused on trauma that...
Hey thank you!! This year has been brutal.
Wow! That's a memorable day! Well, I'm a high school teacher, and the 'no one read anything' phenomenon is still very much real. Some things never...
I think everybody has a strong reaction to the book, and they run the gamut from love to loathe. Not much middle ground when it comes to Holden...
The 1945 and 1946 publication dates were because the story originated as two short stories published in the New Yorker on those dates, which were...
Nice! So I'm getting there...
I have no idea what this is. If I had to guess, I'd say it's a $30,000 abstract carved sculpture by some Post-Modernist. But I'd love to hear...
I've had some Inuit dolls before, but most of them were older, and made of spotted seal skin, and then sewn w sinew not thread, etc. That's why I...
Are the top and bottom 'extension' parts plywood? If so, that'll help date it (as much more recent).
In general people on this site don't do valuations, since doing so can be fraught. People are quite generous with help identifying, though, and...
I was once a serious golfer. I can't speak to this object, but I will say that the "Arnold Palmer designed..." / "Jack Nicklaus designed..."...
Last month, April, was close to my worst month ever. I covered the rent, but factor in what I paid for the things I sold and it's a total loser....
Definitely looks like a paper cutting to me. I think that if you look carefully, for individual scissors marks, you'll be able to tell if it was...
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