Not specifically a copy, but most likely Mexican/Chimayo made. It is curious that the damage selectively removed the more diagnostic features, but...
Welcome, @research. It is unfortunate that your textile is damaged in areas that usually are helpful in identifying Navajo weaving - the corners...
All kinds of people retire to Florida, where journey is located. ;)
journey - An actual watercolor would not have such straight edges. It looks like there might be a mat surrounding the image, taped at the bottom....
Any evidence of where the original that was sold at auction is now? @journeymagazine - I would suggest finding someone knowledgeable iin your...
I cannot tell from your photos if this is a print, as you suggest, or if it might be an original watercolor. The fact that other examples of it as...
It may be by Anders Zorn. What you are reading as a 5 may be an 8, so 1886 for the date. Zorn (1860-1920) was a Swedish painter, best known for...
It does resemble some Zulu work. But they tend to use a beaded button and loop as the fastener rather than a hook and eye.
Yep.
That is the one that prompted my inquiry.
But we hope (dream?) that standards of behavior would have evolved by now, given the modern reevaluation of the experiences of colonialism and...
Yes, repatriation is a complicated issue. The main article in the latest National Geographic discusses it, for those who may be interested. I had...
It looks like a tintype photo. Tintypes are usually one offs, although multiples could be produced with a multi-lens camera. I doubt that any...
Sometimes we get postings here, usually from new members, asking about artifacts that seem to have somewhat sketchy origins. Often these are...
Yes. Acid can migrate from poor quality materials into and eventually through archival quality materials.
Congratulations, @Mom23 - you have acquired a very nice Pima basket....
@Mom23 - as @Potteryplease has suggested, we will need to see photos of your basket in order to help with identification, and starting a new...
"Fire clouds" are a common feature of pottery fired in a simple bonfire (rather than a kiln). [IMG]...
I don't know what edition @bosko69 found, but here is a listing for one, 1840, same publisher and illustrator, but different binding. It was not...
The fiber looks like rush, which would be consistent with an English origin.
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