komo - can you please post a link/source for your first photo?
If it was found locally, your best bet would be to find a historical archeologist in your area.
These round masks have become popular in the decorator market, and seem to be made in several places in west Africa (Ghana, Gabon), and by the...
The second carving wants to be an ancestor figure, "Adu Zatua", from the Island of Nias, Indonesia. [IMG]...
It looks like "highlights of your trip to Egypt" - pyramids, sphinx, maybe Copts. So probably a piece made for sale to tourists.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Can you please post some larger images of the design, in the correct orientation. From what I can see, the imagery looks like...
It depends. Collectors will still want first or early editions of some things. But if a book was sought after primarily for its content, reprints...
On your print, it is "C. Gobrecht Sculp.", which means he was the engraver.
I have found a version of the same image, described as an "engraving by W. Lowry, 1815, after J. D. Herbert." It includes different credits along...
There is one listed on abebooks.com, and does not appear to have much value even though scarce:...
I don't think we know what vintage Aquitaine's box might be, although the fancy beckets would seem to suggest earlier rather than later. Just...
I have found a few other examples of similar pieces. They are carved stone (not metal), and come from the area of Aksum, Ethiopia. I cannot find...
It seems the small size of Aquitaine's would suggest it belonged to an individual sailor - a "sea chest" - rather than being used for ship's...
I should have added that it would probably be safe to take them to a competent dry cleaner.
"The crew on sailing ships typically owned little property—perhaps only what would fit into a chest like this one. Not only did his chest store a...
As Taupou has said, your rugs are not Navajo. They look more like rugs known as dhurries, which are made in India.
The black one was from worthpoint - https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ethiopian-falasha-clay-art-ethiopia-148642190 The other showed up on...
Searching for information on something else, I came across a reference to these figures made by Ethiopian Jews (Falasha) in Ethiopia and Israel....
It is a traditional shape for a sake bottle, imitating a "bottle" gourd.
Very interesting. I had not researched sea chests before, much less beckets (love new artifact terms). It looks like they may have been coated...
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