Very interesting! Lark's pot might well be by the Mexican potter Heron Martinez Mendoza (HMM). The designs are similar to this one of his: [IMG]...
Please post a photo of the bottom of the figure in question. That is where the most diagnostic features might be visible.
It is certainly not very old. I meant to say that the white specs (I can't see well what is going on in your photos) look similar to what...
The shape and design seem to be inspired by early Woodlands/Mississipian pottery (such as produced at Spiro Mounds). Perhaps it was made by a...
Pottery made on a wheel may have striations on the bottom, caused by the wire the potter draws underneath the vessel to remove it from the wheel....
The bottom, with the saw marks, looks more like resin than ceramic. The fact that there are at least two viturally identical is also suspicious....
Plant-based materials will smell like burning paper. Burning sinew or gut (intestine) would smell more like, well, meat.
Perhaps sinew. If you can sacrifice a small bit from the loose ends, you might try a simple burn test to see what it smells like - animal or...
I agree that it looks African - either East Africa (Kenya), or South African. It might be helpful to know what it is beaded on - leather, or...
I am sure the members who know Inuit art will want photos of any signature, and more angles on the skull in order to identify it (I suspect...
This type of spinning wheel can be used in spinning any kind of fiber (flax, wool, cotton). But if it was designed for flax spinning there should...
It looks like the hands have been filed down to allow the figure to hold something between the thumbs and the palms. The assembly with a small...
They might be Korean Moktaks - wooden percussion instruments used in Buddhist rituals. They are made in a variety of sizes, some decoratively...
Please give us an idea of the size - is the handle linked to the bell shaped objects a size that could be held by an adult hand? Do the bells...
That last closeup looks almost like tagua nut, but the curved, dark colored back wouldn't be expected if it was tagua.
My guess would be bone for the beads/segments, and cow horn for the pendant (based on the curved shape, the translucent, variegated color, and the...
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact13323 A dental swaging mallet....."used for making all-gold and collar crowns, reducing soldered...
So you did....my bad. I still think it is likely just a variant shape.
Perhaps a "bossing" mallet for working sheet metal: [ATTACH] https://www.frost.co.uk/1-5-inch-bossing-mallet/
Hello @Shaemanuatahua, You can find a (somewhat heated) discussion about this type of figure in an earlier thread here on the forum (you will...
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