What does the Yoruba bowl look like inside? Divination bowls should have interior divisions, like this: [IMG]...
#2, the Burkina Faso mask, is very similar to one published in Africa in the Market: Twentieth-Century Art from the Amrad African Art Collection....
For #4, the container, Google "Yoruba opon igede ifa". It is in the style of a container for divination paraphenalia.
The first is a "chiwara". You can find a lot of information online using that search term. Away from home right now, but I may have more info on...
It is a version of an ancient Greek (Spartan) bronze figurine, from the "geometric period" of Greek Art, 900-700BC....
The technique looks the same as crafters' pine needle baskets, but I agree the material in the coil is not pine needles. The wispy threads...
I don't recognize it as a traditional form from anywhere. Most likely a crafter's work.
Wonderful! As one of your relatives did the architectural sketches, and the photograph seems to be mounted on what might be drafting cloth, there...
The crazing that can be seen in the dark blue areas indicates a more modern vitreous glaze. Such scarabs were originally made of faience (or...
The Kisii (also known as Abagusii or Gusii) are an ethnic group in Kenya. In terms of art and crafts, they are well known for their contemporary...
Not traditional SW Native American or Mexican pottery. I would assume artisan/studio/student work.
The color looks like an albumen photographic print. This type of photograph was made on very thin paper because the preparation process involved...
Our go-to eraser is the Staedtler Mars Plastic eraser - most effective with least abrasion. If the mark is on a corner of the page (as it usually...
They are in the style of wayang golek puppets, from Indonesia. [ATTACH] https://theworldofpuppetry.weebly.com/indonesian-wayang-golek-puppets.html
Please have patience. I have alerted 2manycats, but he is very busy lately.
It is from the Batak, of Sumatra, Indonesia. Probably described as a "medicine" container.
It is pretty standard fare for book and paper conservators, as well as book binders. The same skills and materials you use to replace the covers...
New box for an old book.
He is out splitting firewood today, but I will bring it to his attention this evening. I agree with @moreotherstuff that it has enough...
@Any Jewelry - do you know what casting techniques the Thai artisans used traditionally (for antique examples such as yours)? Did they do lost...
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