There are descendants of Native American and First Nations carvers who do not own any of their ancestors' work. I sent some little Eli Tait totem...
Welcome Randy, and thanks for the definition; I (and a lot of others) are not hoarders either, by that definition!
kind of like this one, I suppose: [ATTACH] I've always wanted a tank.....but I think my wife might object. Maybe if I said it followed me home......
At least two! But they aren't one of the commoner ones, which is good. One of the things about the BT fakes is that not only are they fake, they...
The log dogs shown were used to keep a log from rolling around when you worked on them. I understand. It has got me curious; I love a mystery.
Yes, those green ones are scary-good for sure. Your big one is a different mask than mine, less taper to the black form-lines, but better ovoids....
I certainly remember seeing logs chained-up, mostly, rather than hard connections....in the photo I posted the 30-inch "log holding pins" shown...
For comparison, and noting just how well the eyes are done in these particular Indonesian masks, an eye by Richard Hunt, and a Willie Seaweed...
And komo, you correctly deduced the family of masks I was talking about. My pics of the masks that were originally listed as imports, then...
Yes, that one is quite similar to the ones I recall, really very good, from the front. Many aspects are quite correct, nice-shaped U-forms, good...
Here is a guess, when I was a kid I used to play with my cousins on the Columbia River, and we'd sometimes run around on log rafts (don't ever let...
Those sound like nice slides! I'm not sure whether the constant exposure to light would be damaging or not.....any photo experts around? I've...
No; those are not bad, though. I'd note that the edges of some areas are rounded, where one would expect "stop-cuts" in native work. I'm...
On an earlier note...I did politely contact a seller who had listed a frame of 30 Eskimo fetishes; here is his nice response: "Thank you so much...
I've had robocalls that the FBI or IRS was about to file charges, and I should call; don't know if yours was one of those, or related to ebay....
One of my best stories about relisting is a seller some years back who listed 4-5 masks honestly, as carved in Indonesia - they were about the...
"Taupou....I feel your pain ! Greg.....and yours too !!" "when folks like Irene thank you ....it makes it all worthwhile." Yes indeed.
Thanks for the support, cx. It is not my story to tell, but I've heard that there has been at least one very gratifying outcome based on some of...
Great info, Taupou, thanks. It has indeed just been relisted; I've seen oystercatchers, and it sure isn't one. I'm not at all surprised to hear...
Welcome, John!
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