@bosko69 - please tell us where you found this particular example of the book (auction listing, ebay, other?). Other versions I have found online...
Photography using a wet collodion emulsion on glass as the negative (1851 - c.1881) required only a few seconds exposure, depending on lighting...
The Society for Historical Archaeology and the Bureau of Land Management (U.S.) have this website on Historic Glass Bottle Identification, which...
Where did you get it, and what were you told about it? Any competent potter could make a similar pitcher (oinochoe) today, so it cannot be dated...
Your basket was probably made by a Nubian weaver, from northern Sudan/southern Egypt. Here is a similar one with the label still attached -...
She appears to be (have been?) a Mata Ortiz potter (Mexico)....
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"African Influences in Modern Art" https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/aima/hd_aima.htm I suspect that the relative lack of interest in the U.S.,...
I really have no clue about the origin of this piece. One thing I find curious about it is the orientation of the wood. With a small cylindrical...
They look right for edan Ogboni, but the castings are rather rough. The material visible on the inside is probably a core. Unless the casting is...
If you are not certain that this skull came from Guatemala (it may just be suggested to link it to precolumbian objects), perhaps it came from...
It would have been very helpful if you had explained in the beginning how you came to the conclusion it was glass. We are very used to people...
As others have said, it is a very fine piece. Here is a similar piece of Murano latticino glass - [ATTACH]...
Judging from the back, your piece is not a mask, but more of a plaque. So your identification of it as a tourist item is most probably correct. I...
I knew you all were going to get around to me...... It is not a style I recognize from anywhere, nor can I find any close comparison. It may be...
It looks similar to others described as green fluorite.
Are there any markings on the bracelet - eg. CHINA, or S925 ?
Looking at this again, the handle is very similar to Yoruba (Nigeria) dance wands used in ceremonies to honor the Gods Shango and Eshu - [ATTACH]...
Very nice and interesting piece. I had not heard of Mayola, or this style of carving from Congo....
Through the wonders of google, you could spend days tracking down the books used in that collage. As an example, I used the phrases "Sir Henry...
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