Definitely need more photos - at least a profile and back side. Also, all of the regular information such as size, where they got it and what they...
I don't have anything to say from personal experience, but here is an interesting website/store that might be useful - https://exlibris-artshop.com/
Some of them are just rattles.
Another example that shows the typical colors of Costa Rican pieces -[ATTACH] https://harn.emuseum.com/objects/6295/bat-effigy-whistle-ocarina
It looks promising. Probably from Costa Rica. Here is a similar one in the Met - [ATTACH] https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/502741...
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Here is a very similar figure in the Horniman Museum (although I think theirs is missing an arm), described as from India, depicting the god...
I agree, ivory. I am curious about the metal staple in the burl wood part. It looks like it might be for a strap. Would a walking stick have had a...
I would say it is from Morocco, and made by Amazigh (Berber) weavers. They like that combination of kilim/flat weave and the tufted sections. The...
They are made from parts of traditional Indian (India) ox carts.
We have seen shelves like these before - https://www.antiquers.com/threads/custom-shelf-from-the-1800s.88447/#post-10228067
I was going to suggest that you look for areas like that. It looks like the ink ran into the damaged area, which would indicate the engraving was...
The imagery does seem to suggest a commemoration of some sort of friendship pact. But any official government gift would have been more skillfully...
There is nothing unique, or particularly significant, in the fact that the figure has a flat bottom. If you have a culture familiar with flat...
What does the V&A say about the age or origin of this figurine? This one is in the British Museum, described as 18th century Chinese porcelain...
Yes, I would say a Makonde shetani. How big is he?
I have a Buddha that looks very similar, with a sort of brassy color, an almost identical pedestal, and the thin plate sealing the base. It is...
"Traditional" is an imprecise term, meaning simply "long established". How many generations constitute "long established"? Since pre-history?...
That seems a pretty extreme definition of "traditional". Does that mean that any objects made using 19th century trade goods such as glass beads,...
In her book, Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians, author Dorothy Downs discusses the coiled baskets made by these groups....
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