Corrected. Sorry inh.
Looking at other Dogon bronze horses with riders, the example @J Dagger posted looks like an outlier, and may have been misidentified. The faces...
It does look like it is made of kisii stone, a type of soapstone found in the Kisii region of southwestern Kenya.
I always enjoyed the quiet solitude of the darkroom.
I am thinking he might be Chinese, and may represent one of the He-He Er Xian twins, two Taoist immortals who are gods of harmony and union. They...
Neither are Kuba cloth. The assembly of narrow bands of cotton cloth stitched together is very characteristic of West African textiles. The...
Very nice to see this information. Thank you for posting it. Obviously a wise purchase on your part.
In basketry, another distinction between a marlin spike (or bodkin) and a fid - a spike/bodkin is just a solid, tapered, pointy thing. You push it...
They are designed to be attractive. ;)
Please go back and edit your post, to select "full size" for your photographs. It will make them much easier to see. Can you give us more...
Objects related to Shango, the god of thunder and lightening, typically include a double axe form (symbolizing the thunderbolt) on the top, like...
Another modern Chinese figure, this time of Guanyin, goddess of mercy. She holds a vase, a symbol of good fortune, containing water capable of...
It is from the Philippines, woven with nito vine. Similar to this one: [ATTACH]...
My guess would be late 20th - early 21st century. Not old. If you can post a closeup of the stamp on the bottom, one of our members who reads...
Your figure is a "Medicine Buddha" - Buddha depicted with his right hand in the varada mudra position, indicating the granting of a gift. He also...
Not a high quality casting. Almost certainly a relatively modern reproduction, as you suspect. It could have been made in West Africa by modern...
That's what I was thinking, too. The cards - black, white, and neutral gray - would demonstrate the effects of different exposures and be a guide...
Sorry, not Navajo. If you do a search on the forum for the term "Navajo" posted by @Taupou, you will find several discussions of how to recognize...
I don't think any of us here have actually handled objects such as these, so we can only provide advice based on research. You may need to find a...
So sorry.
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