Googling "Masayuki Japanese bronze" this came up: [IMG] http://kagedo.com/wordpress/g/masayuki-bronze-vase-snake-frog/ "Vase of cast bronze with a...
They look like lost wax brass castings produced by the Dhokra of West Bengal, India.
googling "Ashanti comb", several others turned up with the same style - red tines, yellow patterns on the bar, black figures, etc., which makes me...
I can't vouch for the seller's description, but this one looks related: [IMG]...
Yes, ivory. Probably carved in India. And, as others have explained, without documentation it is too problematic/illegal to sell.
Die Letzte Reden der Sterbenden oder Predigten über Auserlesene Texte des Alten und Neuen Testaments - Last Words of (for?) the Dying, or Sermons...
I agree with @komokwa - fairly contemporary northern Native American. The leather appears "native tanned" (brain tanned/buckskin). The leather on...
By calling the (almost) matching vase a "museum piece" I think @kardinalisimo means that it is in a museum's collection, not that it was produced...
It looks to be crocheted, rather than knit, which would argue for handmade. I don't think a machine has been invented that can crochet.
They probably meant they cannot assign monetary value to the item, but can provide information on identification. Museums generally do not do...
The brass hearts and the disks at the bottom of the hames are "horse brasses", and are collectible in their own right. "A horse brass is a brass...
Sniped by Aquitaine! -The hames fit around the padded leather collar that rests on the horse's shoulders, and provides attachment points for the...
Looks like alligator/crocodile leather.
The weaving technique is referred to as a "kilim", a type of tapestry weave also called slitweave. (The wefts turn back on adjacent warps to...
This description of the ivorytype process from the Eastman Museum does sound like what you have: "This rare mid-19th-century technique involved...
Great! Ivorytype is not a method I have encountered before, so I will be interested in hearing what you learn.
I agree the carving is Makonde (Tanzania/Mozambique). But the hairstyle does not look right for a Maasai woman - they usually have clean-shaven...
From the detail of the edge, it looks like this painting may have been cut down from a somewhat larger canvas and put onto a smaller stretcher....
I believe it is Japanese, Satsuma style, with moriage decoration (refers to the raised slip decoration).
In the art world, it is called connoisseurship. Just a philosophical question to consider - if the jewelry is a beautiful, well made piece, what...
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