Well, this thread has gone sideways, as often happens.......... Please excuse the intrusion. No, I have not signed any. Perhaps I should, but it...
I was skeptical about the lack of beads, too. But here are some examples from the collection of the American Museum of Natural History - gauntlets...
Pagodas are traditional in China as well as Japan (and some other Asian countries). In your 9th photo, with the closeup of the buffalo, the...
I would suspect bone as the material, although difficult to tell on such a small piece and photos alone.
The bronze porcupines look more like the African brush tailed porcupine (with a vestigial tail) than the larger crested porcupine. [IMG]
Here is a very similar bronze, described as Edo/Benin, from Nigeria. [ATTACH] https://www.artblackburn.com/african/p/edo-bronze-porcupine They...
I make these for use in basketmaking, and occasionally sell to other basketmakers. [ATTACH]
"Helen Bradley Smith (1922-2007) was a Cherokee basket weaver who was proficient in white oak, honeysuckle, and rivercane basketry, including the...
From the type and style of leather used, I suspected the area of north/west Africa. But google image search is your friend. ;)
It is the body of a "molo", a type of stringed instrument used in West Africa. [IMG] [IMG]...
I think you are interpreting as a neck what I see as a shoulder. His head is just slightly cocked. I don't think the representation is exactly...
I don't see any reason to doubt it being Santa Clara. Don't remove the label....
My initial reaction was - Arts & Crafts Movement / Art Nouveau time period, either side of 1900. The raised portions are worked from the back -...
Yes, the woman is from Kenya/east Africa, and probably by a Makonde carver. The man is more interesting. I would like to see a view of the front,...
This basket is nicely made, but it does not look like a traditional oak splint basket to me. It is not always easy to tell from photos, but the...
[IMG] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radha_Krishna_Bronze_Statue.jpg But I don't think that is what the op's is. All of the examples I...
As to what bone, my guess would be a tibia from a bovine or equine. The shape (particularly the triangular cross section on one end) looks like...
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