Very odd. The design on the handle looks pseudo Aztec, while the design on the stamp face looks pseudo NW Coast. None of it looks like bone to me.
I think the scene illustrates a fishing technique known as "ukai". The fishermen use trained cormorants to catch fish. The birds are kept on long...
Hello Oliver. If there is an art museum near you, go visit and look at paintings and other artworks that have been selected by experienced...
It is not a distinctively traditional basket from anywhere in particular. The brown elements are cane/reed/rattan, which can be readily purchased...
@Taupou is very knowledgeable about tapa. She might not see this thread in the Introductions, though.
@Richard Arthur had an earlier thread on this engraver: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/help-with-paul-girardet-engraving.24302/
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It is a craft called "quilling", used for making beads and other decorative patterns....
Yes, probably from the Congo, and probably by the Kuba people. There is a tradition of making similar, though larger, figures in wood and...
Yes, similar, but the original Luristan objects were made as parts of horse harness (archeologists believe), not freestanding sculptures with a base.
I agree with the probable Athabaskan identification - interior western Canada. Elk would be a good choice for hard wearing gloves, but the color...
Looks like a (modern?) cross between a Luristan bronze and Mexican pottery devils. [IMG] [IMG]
Thank you for the interesting reference, @komokwa. Yes, there would be lots of bodies lying around, but I fear it does happen. Thanks again, @Any...
Thank you, @Any Jewelry. I did not know the Cultural Revolution included iconoclastic effects.
I was impressed with his cool and vicious fighting style in the Musketeers movies. [ATTACH]
Used for leather, and also for mending sails.
I know this is not "Tribal", but it seems to be the forum where Asian arts often end up. That said.... I believe this is Guanyin, but you may...
I know this is not "Tribal", but it seems to be the forum where Asian arts often end up. That said.... I have seen quite similar examples of...
Nope. Not Oliver Reed.
The keris/kris looks like a pastiche. The hilt looks likes it was taken from/based on a Tibetan vajra dorje. [IMG]
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