I suspect it is a modern decorative item. The rattan stitching would indicate it was made somewhere in Asia.
@Ce BCA may be able to help. I have "tagged" him for you.
Your little skull does look like whale bone (or some other marine mammal), possibly made from a vertebra. The jaw looks to be made from a denser...
It is a beautiful jar - it is unusual to see one of that size. It was well loved even before the major damage. The drilled holes may be evidence...
Spot on. 2manycats says he has encountered such items, and that one downside is that they can discolor the binding of the books enclosed. The...
They do look like traditional paintings done on pith, made for the export/tourist market. The articles linked in the other thread say as much as I...
Acknowledging komo's point, in closing.......... @Petunia, you are not responsible for creating these figures. But you should be responsible for...
I find these types of figures to be very offensive, catering to the worst ignorance and prejudice of too many people. Barely acceptable if passed...
It is a reproduction. We had another example of the same figure recently: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/south-american-statue.61922/#post-4047379
I doubt that there is actually a connection, just a coincidence. There are only so many ways to represent a human face.
The important part is to explain that it is a print-on-canvas reproduction of an Ottoman/Middle Eastern/Islamic miniature painting - not an...
I don't know if you saw this recent post under Metalware - https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-identifying-indian-mask.62559/#post-4138236 I...
Due to the recent history of warfare and looting in Iraq, this type of artifact is very problematic. The Smithsonian Institution has a Cultural...
@Any Jewelry - for most of the day, the picture you posted would not load so I had not seen it. It does look strangely similar, and I might have...
Mughal refers to the period of the Mughal Empire in the region of northern India, 1526-1857. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire The...
The style is consistent with masks from the northeastern region of Cameroon known as the "Grasslands". Several ethnic groups there share artistic...
I did email David Spetka, owner of The Niger Bend gallery, who has one of the similar cups without a face. He has given me permission to post his...
Having done what I thought was due diligence, I just came across this one being offered on ebay - clearly a close cousin of the one you have. They...
I do not have personal experience with this particular type of object, but based on online research it appears to be (or be based on) a "bhuta"...
It may be a modern reproduction of a "bi" disk, which are Chinese jade artifacts made during the Neolithic period. [IMG] "While most commonly...
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