Thank you, @Taupou. I really appreciate your describing the features of the materials. You help me learn what to see.
I was being honest. Having worked in museums myself, I found it very enjoyable during the after hours when it was just me and the artifacts.
I have often thought that museums would be fine places if visitors were not allowed. :rolleyes:
In the list of destructive agents threatening art and artifacts (light, humidity, insects, etc.), human stupidity is right up there near the top...
@Taupou, @komokwa I recently acquired this basket, and am looking for opinions on its origin. It is, I believe, an atypical form. The technique...
Probably from east Africa. The bust form is a relatively recent style, designed for souvenir sales. I suspect yours is one that has been...
I believe your embroidered cloth may be from India, a type known as kantha, which is worked in a characteristic running stitch. This style of...
Your goblet is more likely to be from India, with the decoration of the multi-headed cobra, or "naga". And probably of brass rather than copper....
We really can't tell from your photos - too dim and blurry. The best way to see laid lines is to hold the paper up to the light, which requires...
Real sinew is more yellow-brown in color. More likely an artificial poly sinew, chosen to blend in with the white marble.
I think he is Chinese, and mate to this young woman: [ATTACH] https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/602194315/vintage-wood-carving-rosewood-manchurian
Masking tape adhesive is annoyingly insoluble. But you may be able to gently work it off with a thin spatula or scalpel. With any solvent there is...
I have seen a number of these small beaded bags - native tanned leather (buckskin), drawstring, with the long beaded fringe - identified as...
Between the saw marks and the old glue (?) it is difficult to see the diagnostic traits. This is what you would look for on a cross section of...
More likely an arctic murre, "eaten by many Indigenous Peoples and reported to be a favoured traditional food wherever present across the Arctic"....
Yes, Eskimo/Inuit/Inupiat. Looks like walrus tusk, or perhaps fossilized mammoth - the photo of the bottom is a little too blurry to be sure.
Thanks for that warning about Light Impressions. It has been awhile since I have dealt with them. Some other archival suppliers are:...
Here is an article that explains the techniques of solar enlargements:...
Probably made by Lorenzo Rubboli, of the Rubboli pottery in Gualdo Tadino, Umbria, Italy. Here is another similar vessel, signed Rubboli: [IMG]...
What does the seller say about it?
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