@Joseph Mason I have not spent as much time as you obviously have delving into original sources on this particular topic. My view has been...
Textbooks/text editions may have different bindings, and/or different content (eg. study questions) than the trade editions made for general sale.
Not suggesting at all that your object is from the Nok culture, but this is what I meant by the character of the clay body, with noticeable...
Who considered your copy to be "Fine"? I would certainly not describe it as such, as Fine should describe a book in nearly new condition in all...
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Looks like a student project, although the clay body does have some ethnographic characteristics. Perhaps an experiment in homemade clay.
Looks like soapstone, rather than resin. With resin, you can often find small bubbles or round pits on the surface, and the base often shows very...
Yeah, based on the paint and the chip on the nose it is not clear that it is even made of wood. Some decorator novelty thing?
It is based on the Baule (Ivory Coast) tradition of portrait masks, but obviously not a traditional mask made for use. [IMG]...
No, definitely not Native American, (or Central or South American, either). There are some Caucasus/Afghan/Central Asian pieces that use flat...
Yes, I think it is a loose depiction. But same general shape - large central dome, two side domes and 2 minarets toward the back. [ATTACH]...
I think it is what is called a "piano scarf", of silk or rayon, jacquard-woven brocade. If you google "piano scarf taj mahal camels" you will find...
Sorry Kathy, it was agreed early on that the original photograph at the start of this thread was not Lincoln (never a serious contention). But the...
@Joseph Mason [ATTACH] Alexander Gardner, Feb. 24, 1861...
My best guesses, in decreasing order of certainty, is that your mask is from West Africa, probably from the Ivory Coast, and perhaps by the Guro...
@Joseph Mason, Regarding the inaugural gown - if you are correct about the photograph having been taken in early 1862, this does not preclude...
Well said, @BaseballGames.
Your rug looks quite similar to contemporary rugs for sale on Novica, some of which are signed by the artist:...
Depending on the date of the repair (though I hesitate to call such slovenly work a legitimate repair), the adhesive might be Duco or a similar...
Hello Mr. Mason, In several entries on this thread, I explained my reasons to doubt the identification of your daguerreotype. I did not see a...
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