There are some problems in these images. The knives they are using to cut the sugar cane are wrong - they should be more like heavy machetes....
This article/blog entry actually quotes the 1890 law, which is helpful, and notes that there have been a number of later amendments/additions:...
I provided a link to at least one copy of the catalog that is available for purchase. There are probably more....
To quote myself from my first post in this thread: "Evidence to help date your painting and understand its history may be found in the...
The onus is not on us to prove anything. We can offer observations and suggestions based on the limited information you provide. But we do not...
Quite an extensive mea culpa........... But you are right that the technique resembles Pottery's little burden basket. We just need to figure out...
@Taupou - what are your thoughts on Pottery's little burden basket (on page 1 of this thread) that started this latest conversation?
Thank you, again.
One more question - would these have been kept highly polished when in use?
Doesn't look Hopi to me........... @komokwa, can you please provide a link to the image you posted, so we can see what else they said or showed?
The RKD information does not seem to state where that painting is now, only tracing it up to the Sotheby's auction on January 27, 1999. The image...
Thank you so much for your informative (as usual) assessment. I knew you would be the one to ask. :)
The artist did seem to know cows better than people. The keys in the corner of the stretcher are distinctive. They more often occur in pairs in...
It might be Jicarilla. According to my references, they sometimes used 5 rod foundations. But it does look like there are more than that, at least...
Can you count the number of rods in the coil foundation? And please post a view of the base from the outside/working surface.
(I just figured she would be attracted by anything in jewelry.)
Recent acquisitions. Can anyone tell me if these are indeed Bedouin, or identify them more precisely? They appear to be of brass. TIA. [ATTACH]...
Not sure of his age, but a term that might be helpful in your research is "Hakata doll"....
Perhaps a depiction of the Haida Mouse Woman, though not entirely in traditional form.
Called "pig iron" because the molten metal was run out into molds carved in the sand bed around the furnace. The main runners were called "sows"...
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