You're very welcome. Yum.....
Just an update: this item was manufactured by Thorn Arts Ltd, a casting firm based in Nanaimo BC. Thorn Arts was active in the 70s and 80s, and...
The owl is cute... I have 2 dolls, somewhere... the girl is a commercial doll, but with a nice hand-made fur outfit and beaded mittens; the...
I'm not an expert on Inuit dolls, but I have had several over the years; and here are my thoughts: Most of these dolls were made for sale, and not...
For sure a packrat of some sort dropped it.
Here is a photo that looks very similar, described as a WWI German aerial flechette: http://www.big-ordnance.com/Flechettes/Flechettes.htm
Possibly a flechette? http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flechette
ooh, black light, pretty!
Is it possible the pencil-like thing is a mechanical pen or pencil, perhaps with some parts missing? I know my Mom used to have a small pen on a...
I'm used to AF for afantiques, and it doesn't confuse me..... You can call me Fakes, or All, or a_f or Steve... that's Muffy in the avatar, by...
Thanks - That little pole is a wonderful tour-de-force in the use of NW Coast forms. By (Chief) George Walkus, around 1930...Gwasilla Kwakiutl,...
Nice to meet you, CX!
I don't know that I ever introduced myself: I live near Seattle WA; a paralegal in my day job, I am also a professional musician in my spare time...
No. There generally isn't, for Northwest Coast Native items. I run some websites for two specific areas, subsets of the Kwakiutl and Tsimshian,...
Thanks, Spring!
The shapes and form lines are not done authentically, as a trained artist would do them. I'd agree. Someone made it, influenced by the NW Coast...
Actually, this is not a wood carving, but a cast item. Likely made under the name "Shamans," and dating to around 1970-1980. That would have...
The narrowness of the figures (narrower side-to-side than front-to-back) is quite distinctive, and is indicative of the work of the Rudolph family...
I can see your avatar OK, moreother stuff; just added mine.
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