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It usually works best if you can contact a specific individual at the Museum. It looks like the current Curator for the African collections at the...
Just an aside, when researching ethnographic objects such as this it is always good to keep in mind the changes in tribal and regional names that...
This is invaluable information, and gives you an important direction to pursue. The value/significance of any ethnographic object is greatly...
If she valued the piece enough to have it insured, it seems she would not have allowed a child to play with or paint it, if that is what you are...
I would agree with @komokwa that it has not been used. Here is one quite similar to yours (except for the horns). Note the holes along the lower...
Welcome @CuriousityRover. Can you please post some detail views of the base of your antelope? The style changed over time from a mask that was...
The little beaded figures are probably from Zuni Pueblo. The pouch is a Plains Indian style, but I cannot be more specific about tribe or date.
Yes, your weaving is Navajo, probably dating to the first quarter of the 20th century. The "whirling log" was a common design before it was...
The Yamato is just one example. There were other similar ships during that period.
The style and technique look Japanese. The ships look like some built for the Japanese navy that were steam-powered but also rigged for sail in...
It reminds me of "crazy" quilts - [ATTACH] https://collection.artbma.org/objects/40889/crazy-quilt
Not Navajo. The side edges are made using multiple warps as reinforcement - you can see the double ridges indicating multiple warps - [ATTACH]...
If the cross hatching does represent shelters, there is no reason to go so far as North America. The Evenki, as well as other Siberian groups,...
If a spoon is used for a long time by a right handed individual, there will be more wear on the left side of the spoon's bowl from rubbing on the...
I am not so much doubting mammoth ivory (although it can take rather precise measurements), as asking @ParisLS how he learned that information...
Can you tell us who the navigator was? It might help us to know where he had travelled. It does look like ivory, but how did you identify it as...
"Wow" is right. On the "About" page is the statement - "His dedication to “how it must have been” will undoubtedly satisfy your search for...
I find coiled baskets more tricky to ID - so much depends on fine points of construction and materials that aren't always easy to tell in photos....
I agree that the first is Alaskan (Yupik). The second looks more like an older type of Hausa basket (northern Nigeria - southern Niger)....
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