I can't place him with certainty. He reminds me of unglazed folk art figurines made in Santa Maria Atzompa, Oaxaca, Mexico. But the style is so...
The materials (and style) look modern, so 1972.
From the photograph of the base, specifically the circular patterns in the surface and the precise circular foot, it looks like it was thrown on a...
Although it looks industrial in its current state, based on the tape measure I think it is too small to have been intended for use on leather.
I also thought of a similar material, used to make "union" cases for daguerreotypes - "The process was created by heating the combination or the...
Molded papier-mache, lacquered?
I agree with an Edwardian date, based on the clothing. Another way to support the date is by the technology of the glass negative. Gelatin dry...
[ATTACH] taken from - The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Development, by Grace Rogers Cooper. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976. pg.90.
I believe it is (the remains of) a chain stitch sewing machine made by Grant Brothers, about 1870. [IMG]...
Perhaps some of the tool people might be able to help? @tmc, @springfld.arsenal
If the paper dates from the early 18th century, it would have been made by hand. The paper maker used a mold, made of a rectangular wooden frame...
Are those fins on the inside? It might indicate that it was meant to spin if enough liquid pressure was going through. The top hole looks rather...
No reason there needs to be a difference. Made the same way, they could have been used for either purpose (or others). Most rings found on sewing...
Such small jade rings also show up on Chinese sewing baskets. [IMG]...
Is it handmade paper - showing laid and chain lines?
I see some similarity to Lwena/Tchokwe masks in the treatment of the eyes, but not much else. In my opinion, you see this sort of indeterminate...
Not sure I understand your comment/question.
Your mask looks like a version of a Songye "kifwebe" mask from the Democratic Republic of Congo, but it is atypical in several respects....
You are proving very useful, @tmc. Thanks for joining!
Gelatin sequins would be a real surprise on this powder horn. They did not appear until the 1930s. Cellulose nitrate plastics like celluloid...
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