Hello all, Hoping @Mark London and @komokwa might help with the age and meaning of the notations on this seal. He is 9" long, not real fancy, but...
Britain was involved in establishing oil palm plantations in West Africa in the early 1900s (consistent with the date of the style of your...
[ATTACH] This particular style of strip woven cloth, known as "kente" cloth, is associated with Ghana, as Any Jewelry suggested....
It is a type of parrying shield, used to ward off blows from clubs or boomerangs. The shape is characteristic of some of the groups in the...
I am not surprised by the prices, particularly if the labels included some attribution to a particular collector or museum. If a dealer bought...
Here is a relevant discussion on a Civil War collector's site - https://civilwartalk.com/threads/11-star-cs-confederate-belt-buckle.151636/ It...
Agree, Hupa or Karok.
Your pitcher may have been inspired by Imari-style wares, but it is not Japanese Imari. The color of the clay body, as exposed in the chip on the...
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Komokwa provided a good discussion here -
Love the bunny.
Try looking at Spanish colonial "Santos" for comparisons.
Larger than most I have seen, but the technique and materials look right for Makah/Nootka. We (@komokwa) might be able to say more with a view of...
Welcome, D. Risk. The maker's mark appears to be engraved in cyrillic (Russian) on the bottom of the glass. Much of it is obscured by the leaf...
When I was in graduate school in Canada, a fellow student used to practice her bagpipes late at night in the building. I was often there studying...
The wooden one does look like a type of "chanter", perhaps a practice one, used to learn without the bag and drones. I was once in Fort William,...
Do you have this latest print in hand, or are you working from the seller's photos? This is an example of an original Rembrandt print sold by...
I have been pondering this one. The type of beads and the cowries say Africa. But the carving is very crude, and the distinctive, flattened shape...
It might be part of a Burmese "kalaga". https://www.siamtraders.com/html/burma/kalaga.html https://ecraftimports.com/kalagashistory.html
This website presents some dated examples of modern (20th century) Arches watermarks - https://www.mchampetier.com/sitephp/phpeng/papiers.php...
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