Romeo's face looks like a separate piece, painted, or perhaps a different material. Hers was probably similar.
I agree with @Debora's analysis - a sample sent to schools for consideration. In general, we have not found much interest or value in early school...
I hope his copy was marked in some way as a later casting.
Here is an article covering current negotiations regarding the Benin bronzes: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54117905#:~:text=The Edo...
Yes, I believe it is a hip mask. We had a discussion earlier of one from neighboring Cameroon. But yours looks traditional Benin....
I did see some similarities to Lulua/Luluwa pieces - the neck rings, the scarification, the carved cache-sexe. But the head shape is atypical, and...
I would imagine the holes would be used to secure decorative materials such as a "grass" skirt (probably of raffia), or tufts of similar material....
The word on the left, below the pitcher (if it was upright), is Allah. But that is all I can recognize.
First, I would always recommend getting a good grounding in the basic technology and terminology of a class of objects, so you can understand the...
Similar pots are still made and used, but based on the patina yours does appear to have been around for awhile.
Looks like an Indian (India) kalasha / kalash, used in Hindu rituals.
It is a large enough collection that it would be worth finding a specialist or a museum curator to look at them. To date them and determine if...
Sorry. I cannot attribute the first and third figures to any particular group. I don't recognize enough traditional features in either of them.
I believe your maternity figure is Chokwe (Tchokwe), from Angola. She has the characteristic slit eyes, in large recessed orbits, of many Chokwe...
Can you please post side and back views of the first and second sculpture?
Definitely looks like an artificial composition - plastic/resin - mass produced by casting in a mold. This is a fine category to post a...
This one is a flatwoven "kilim" - handwoven, in a technique similar to tapestry weaving. Probably also from Afghanistan. I can't speak to the...
"The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church is an offshoot of the Rastafari movement that flourished in the 1970s in Jamaica and was incorporated in Florida...
Your photo of the base is somewhat helpful, but it needs to be closer and in better focus for us to see the necessary details. It she is ivory,...
I cannot speak to the origin or age of the vase, but I agree with Anabel that the stripes are likely caused by impurities in the original clay. If...
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