Your little pot is a miniature of a type of storage jar for liquids, called a "chomo". Shipibo-Conibo pottery is very thin walled, hard but...
The wood looks more like walnut, and not a block that a printmaker would typically choose, with that big knot in the back. The recessed areas look...
From the texture, it looks like the case may be pressed/molded paper over wood. I think I see a bit of wood peeking out at the corner. [ATTACH]...
I am puzzled by this one. You don't usually see white metal used in West Africa, although it might be a modern use of scrap aluminum. Does it seem...
Box for a gage/guage pin set looks very feasible. Precision diameter pieces used to measure interior diameters of holes in metal. A more modern...
[ATTACH] https://www.etsy.com/listing/547920490/two-vintage-paper-mache-composition?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details
The examples I posted above say they are papier mache composition, which seems more likely.
As others have said, not real skilled work. It is more difficult to do fine beadwork on commercially tanned skins because the surface is much more...
https://gotheborg.com/glossary/paktong.shtml
https://www.etsy.com/listing/547920490/two-vintage-paper-mache-composition?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details
That may be the case now, but much of the older literature (and museum catalogs) refer to this type of alloy (typically about 60% copper, 20%...
I think I just answered my own question - duh. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1221551018/butterfly-pendant-natural-turquoise
This is coming up at a local auction. I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts as to origin or quality. Thanks! [IMG] [IMG] [ATTACH]
Welsh mountain goats - [ATTACH]
The addition of a new lock indicates an increased concern for security, and the screw holes in the bottom may indicate that the whole box was...
I don't understand why you are suggesting it is the original - presumably a drawing or painting - when it is marked as number 1 of 20?
That is why I was thinking in terms of a gun display, but would have to be smaller arms than a rifle. The animals on the front look like goats....
Related, but the carving lacks the "Ich Dien". And who is WHB?
Gun display case?
https://hannestool.com/product-category/unique-wooden-hats-by-johannes-michelsen/
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