I had been going to suggest you sell it as erotica, but see I was beaten to the punch. A more demure cousin is here:...
Do you grok? Your interests & mine will probably cross paths, as many cameos/intaglios, even when not actually from antiquity, are about ancient...
I'll get this started, but others with more knowledge will come along any minute now. First one I think is probably glass, judging by size &...
I'm at the boyfriend's right now, Will see if those bits are easily dislodged when back home, but they seem to be oxidized with the rest of that...
Not cast then? If you look closely among the tail feathers, particularly the bird on the right, there are little granules of metal I took to be...
[IMG] [IMG] These are described, again, rightly or wrongly, as being Zuni work using Hopi imagery.
Work the Zuni make for tourists & collectors does not stick to their own traditional power animals. You never know what might turn up. I have a...
I am getting strictly pottery, although the mirrored birds looking back are a nice fit, as is the connection with rain, which was my first gestalt...
I know Kolowisi but did not know about the water bird. It does not seem to have found its way into the carvers' repertoire, although they do...
It is the distribution of the chips that makes me think this routinely moved around, knocked into other things on the table, rather than spending...
Thank you komokwa. Was hoping we would hear from you. The truth is out there. Question is, has anyone put it up on the Internet yet? Did also...
AJ's guess starting to look spot on.
There does seem to be a Zuni motif 'water bird' that is sometimes 2 birds facing each other. Still have not found anything that looks like this...
Got the BF on the phone again. Mom was in Arizona, including Flagstaff, in the mid-1960s. This could account for a lot. Would it be fair to...
I am seriously impressed. How did you do that?!
At 5 13/16 inches, it seems large for an individual serving of something like butter. Handles on both sides would make it suitable for passing...
Sorry - Sometimes I get confused about who's replying to what when. Particularly AM local time. Got very confused on this one. :shame: (This...
Looks like the fob has a seal hanging from it? Has the seal been engraved? Does the piece it is attached to slide? [ATTACH]
My kind of turquoise: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
They went several places in Mexico, not only Taxco. Wondering whether mother might have acquired the pieces in some Mexican gift shop, but they...
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