Masking traditions in Africa generally function to educate (through initiation rites), celebrate, and enforce a society's social norms. They are...
Genuine "passport" masks are primarily associated with groups in West Africa - Liberia and Ivory Coast - particularly the Dan people. They are...
Your mask is in the style (somewhat loosely) of masks made by the Chokwe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Masks made for use are...
The zipper and chain at the top look quite recent.
http://africanbeads.net/wiki/white-heart-beads The variability in the size of your beads indicates some age. Bead manufacture became more uniform...
Hard to pin down their origin, but I agree they are probably from Indonesia. - Not some of their finer creations, but apparently popular. The...
Both figures are in styles characteristic of groups in the region of inland West Africa - Mali and Burkina Faso. Based on the shape of his head,...
It is a traditional mortar used by Bedouins (across North Africa and the Middle East) to grind coffee. [ATTACH]...
Rather than trying to polish the numbers out, a compromise might be to try using pigmented wax to fill in the engraved numbers. There are wax...
On this forum we try to help identify items, but we generally do not offer valuations. There are too many variables to give an appraisal based...
Unfortunately, there is not much information about the meerschaum pipe case that I found. I thought it was interesting that there was another...
Here is another example of the birds in the kitchen: [IMG]...
The artisans of Guaitil have been making pottery since pre-columbian times, and historically have made functional pottery items. The most...
Interesting basket. Not like any Coast Salish I have ever seen. From the design I would have said somewhere Asian/Pacific, but it looks like...
It is from Costa Rica, made by a Chorotega potter, probably in Guaitil. [IMG]...
They are in the style of Zapotec (Mexico) funerary urns. [IMG] http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/zapotec-urns.htm
Your chair looks quite modern. Butler Specialty Company, a furniture company in Chicago, carries a variety of pieces decorated with bone inlay,...
It does look related to yours, but compared to other Kuba cups I am not convinced that either are genuine (in the sense of having been made by a...
What is the cup made of? Parts look like ceramic, parts look like wood. It also looks like there have been significant repairs. And where did you...
Pocket hookah, missing some parts?
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