It is in the style of an ibeji, a type of figure made by the Yoruba of Nigeria to represent a deceased twin. Here is some additional information...
Perhaps they were Norman Vikings.
QM - Quartermaster Sergeant During the US Civil War, - "Each regiment or battalion was assigned a quartermaster sergeant as part of the staff,...
A suitable vehicle for the demon weed.
For comparison, another osage orange canoe - https://lewisandclarkboathouse.org/?p=1013 And the Wampanoag tradition of using fire to speed the...
Tourists started coming to the region in the 1880's, after the railroad came through, and the small sizes like this were made to be easily packed...
I think it was just to limit the amount of surface area that had to be fiddled with to make it stand level - less precision work required.
This is the seller's description - "I just did some research and contacted the proper authorities and found out that this historic artifact is...
I would want a whole lot of provenance to justify any purchase price.
It might be kisii stone, a type of soapstone found in Kenya. There are many "fair trade" projects supporting carvers in the region, producing...
Sorry for creating the side track. I just liked the "highly incomplete attire" phrase.
@Taupou may be able to provide an estimate of age.
With the delicate, thin walls, white interior with red rim inside and on the base, and miniature olla shape it looks like the work of a potter...
Reminds me of the description of a plate I encountered while researching some pottery on another thread. "It depicts two men and a woman dressed,...
IXIV doesn't really make any sense in Roman numerals, although as Any suggests it might be used to mean 9 4. If the first letter/numeral is...
A Mexican/Spanish brothel? The women are reading between clients - they look very bored.
Do you have a link to this? I have not been able to find anything about a Francois stoneware. It looks like a lid to a stoneware crock. How big...
Interesting items. They blend in nicely on that background. [ATTACH] https://www.americanoceans.org/facts/octopus-change-color/
This was previously posted under Tribal Arts, asking for advice on carbon dating. @Adamsbarnfinds - please avoid posting multiple threads on the...
It looks like it might be from Isleta. The leaf shapes, dots, and line work look similar to this one -...
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