Yes, tapa. @Taupou will probably be able to say where it is from.
I also agree with the experts. The face is very typical of modern copies/reinterpretations made by artisans near the great tourist site of...
East Africa (Tanzania/Kenya), tourist carving and yes, he should have feet. [ATTACH]...
One more observation - the "crown" on your figure, though rather crude, may be based on traditional Balinese (Indonesian) headdresses. On Senufo...
[ATTACH] [IMG] This is an old ebay offer, a carving with a "Made in Indonesia" label on the bottom....
Can you post a side view? It is hard to tell from your photos, but it looks like he(?) is holding his hands beside his face. Is that right?
Rhythm pounders, "deble", were traditionally made and used by the Senufo people of West Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Burkina Faso). They were...
It looks like a version of a Burmese "kalaga". Traditional ones usually include raised/stuffed figures, and are heavily embroidered with many...
My impression is similar to @Firemandk's - Melanesian/Indonesian area. But I can't find comparables either. As it is small, and apparently...
Rattan (from the Malay word rotan) and cane are 2 words for the same material which comes from various species of climbing palm that produce long...
Ban Chiang vessel with basically similar shape at Linden Museum, Stuttgart: [IMG]...
@flipper was right. Next time post a copy of the image rather than just a link, and more of us will notice. :)
I think you mean electrolysis. Your couple is very nice. Their faces look very modern to me.
He doesn't look like a Luristan bronze, which seem to have mostly been decorative parts of useful objects - harnesses, pins, finials and so forth...
The number "16" is the date of the etching (1916). Rheims Cathedral was bombed during WWI in 1914. A "numbered" etching would be expressed by...
Still looking for an example with an identification I trust more fully, but this one illustrates @Taupou's point, identified as from Borneo: [IMG]...
A view of the full profile might be helpful, so we can see the shape of the boat and any decoration.
I knew you would know more. I mistook Narasimha for Hanuman. Sorry about that.
The lions in the bottom corners look Sri Lankan in style. It may illustrate characters from the Ramayana, the great Hindu epic, as @flipper...
Not too many boats in typical nativity scenes. ;)
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