Your cloth is from Ivory Coast/Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, made by the Senufo people. Called mudcloth, or Korhogo cloth (from the town where much...
It can be all three, and may be difficult to be sure without having the object in hand. With this fellow, I think the left ear and right front leg...
It is useful to look at other examples of Colima dogs, from sources that are more likely to be genuine. Here are some from museum collections:...
Sorry, I am working on my phone and copying links does not work. OK, I think I fixed the link in the post above.
There is an interesting discussion of the Colima dog tradition here: http://www.gomanzanillo.com/features/dog/index.htm
Almost certainly a reproduction made for sale. The interior clay should not be white (if it is clay, and not actually plaster).
Bone, heavily lacquered/plasticized. No need to piece real ivory that way (as visible on the interior of the first bangle, and the exterior of the...
It was not clear to me that the comb end was of brass/bronze, either. That information leads me to pursue other angles. Is there any communication...
It does look like a textile tool. Such items were often made by a man for his sweetheart. Perhaps the round recess originally held a personalized...
It is definitely possible for those straight edges and corners to be natural formations, created by the way crystals grow.
Now that you know the original artist, and the printer, and the dates, you should be able to find comparable examples. google "Szyk Jaffe"
I think photographic papers usually have a light sensitive emulsion only on one side, and are not reversible. So the transfer was probably accidental.
No need to post more photos. It is most probably Guatemalan, from Zacualpa. [IMG]...
Please post some close-ups of the front and back of a corner, the border along the short ends, and of the junctions between pieces. We need to be...
Looks like two of the "7 Lucky Gods" in Japanese Buddhist/Shinto tradition: "Ebisu - is probably of Japanese origin, is a Shinto god, the patron...
Not Navajo, and not a kilim. It may be Andean (Peru/Ecuador), and fairly recent.
Not Native American IMO.
Oppi Untracht"s "Metal Techniques for Craftsmen" is my go-to for sorting out metalworking terms. He defines damascene as: "A metal-decorating...
You are right, @Debora, it is plate 82 of Goya's "Disasters of War - That/This is the Truth" - "Esto es lo verdadero". [IMG]...
Khatau Mills, in India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khatau
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