It helps that I have a very similar box in my own collection. :) I had not bothered to research it before, but I had some ideas of where to look.
I believe it is a Japanese writing box, called a suzuribako. [ATTACH]
White, strong smelling crystals. Thymol was first isolated by Neumann in 1719. It occurs naturally in ajowan oil, horsemint oil, eucalyptus oil,...
I will second the impression that it may be from the Balkans/Greece, or possibly Turkey. It might be helpful to have a close-up of the design...
http://balibeads.blogspot.com/2006_10_21_archive.html
I think a pseudo-Native-American choker, which could, of course, have been assembled by a Native American, but no way to tell. Although a sea...
BFK Rives is the papermaker.
Perhaps eastern European?
This type of gourd + basketry combinations are made by contemporary craftspeople. It is not a traditional type of work from anywhere. The basketry...
Yep, "probably mass produced in Mexico for the tourist trade". Could be pretty much any time in the 20th century. I got some similar figures...
I don't have a worthpoint subscription, but there are a few listed on liveauctioneers.com (where you can join for free), with auction prices...
It may be an example of "zardozi" work, a style of embroidery using metallic threads, made in India and Kashmir. [ATTACH]...
Hard to say. One of the things I usually look for are holes around the edges, which would be used to tie a mask on. But "masks" in Cameroon are...
The problem is, it is not worth a lot of money if it cannot legally be sold. This is a legitimate concern with the laws intended to protect...
A world wide ban on the sale of tortoiseshell went into force in 1975, following the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...
Do you know of an instance where this occurred? If so, what were the full circumstances?
It is not illegal to possess a walrus tusk (unless it was obtained illegally). There are just restrictions on whether or not it can be sold...
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