I knew you would gush over this one. Beautiful basket!
I agree that the coil material used in your basket does not look like pine needles. It looks more like a grass that has dried out and fractured....
Ghanaian carvers seem to be very quick to pick up and copy popular styles that originate in other countries on the continent. They are major...
Based on the style, I think they would date to the 1960s, and may have been made by Kamba artisans in Kenya rather than Makonde carvers (Tanzania).
Not much to go on, here. But I don't believe it is Native American. Possibly from the east-central African region, Rwanda and Uganda. The purple...
Similar to this trunk latch - [ATTACH]
Her pose reminds me of the art deco/orientalist sculptures of Demetre Chiparus, roughly contemporary.
The Storyteller figures were originated by Helen Cordero of Cochiti Pueblo in the mid 1960's. The style became so popular that potters in other...
The busts are very nice, with a realism that may be examples of a mid century art movement in the Congo that was inspired and exemplified by the...
Aren't rabbit holes fun - when they aren't exasperating? "Zinga" occurs as a surname most often in Angola and the Congo region. The colonial...
More about the Mudhead -...
[IMG] These identified as Navajo dolls representing Yeibichai dancers- [ATTACH]...
More on Shulawitsi - https://ehillerman.unm.edu/2939#sthash.xBB1wERC.dpbs
The Zuni also have a tradition of making wooden figures representing a variety of spirits. These are similar but not identical to the Hopi...
I thought it looked familiar.
Here is an interesting "Short History of Navajo Sandpaintings" - https://camerontradingpost.com/a-short-history-of-navajo-sand-paintings.html
The Kuwan Heheya kachina is a traditional Hopi kachina. "Kuwan" means fancy, or colorful. He typically carries a rattle and feather, and wears a...
An "artist's proof" of Garryowen, signed and numbered 6/100, sold at auction in January 2024 for $100....
The quality of the engraving appears much better in the edition @Ex Libris found than in @Alex Mercuri's version - [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Here are the lamps in their original context in Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte (courtesy of the Internet Archive) - [ATTACH]...
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