Many years ago when I was a student at the University of Washington in Seattle (1970s), I worked at the Burke Museum on campus. I remember that...
I agree with AJ that it looks African, but I have not seen anything like it before. So must do some research. I would assume it is soapstone...
The first initial may be an "S"rather than J. But I can't make out most of the last name because of the glare. I see something more like Ramon...
Try licking it. :p
Can't say that is what it is, but they do exist. https://www.amazon.com/Paykoc-Imports-HD-SALT-ASHTRA-Himalayan-Salt/dp/B075FDJYBJ
Carrying cloths are call "unkuna". Not sure of age, but they are not recent. Possibly late 19th - early 20th century.
They may have been used for wrapping and carrying small items, including wrapping offerings - "despacho" - used in ceremonies.
Yes, Andes - Peru or Bolivia. Can you tell us how big they are, and are they bags or just a single layer of cloth?
Shea butter pot? Probably lost wax casting. [IMG] https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/15569327-shea-butter-pot-bronze-ashanti-ghana
Not a chief's blanket - on those the stripes run the long way, so that they are horizontal when the blanket is wrapped around the body. The side...
In a more recent thread on some other Satsuma vases, @Mat explained that the characters on the bottom are more likely numbers, not a signature....
Not parchment in this case, but paper. You can see the laid lines in the 4th photo. The embossed stamp at the beginning (a notary's seal?) says...
We have had several discussions about Satsuma on the forum lately. You can enter Satsuma in the search box, upper right, to find them. Your vases...
The beads are West African (probably Ghana) powder glass beads. It could be called a "shekere", a rattle used in West African and Latin American...
Those cranes have weird legs. Also, the surface does not look as smooth as I would expect for Japanese lacquer. Perhaps a papier mache box with...
OK, here we go: "Lozi (Barotse) Tribe, W. Zambia Composition: fired clay, wood, glass beads, wire 12 3/4" (h) x 2.5" Pipe bowl (w) / 32.38 cm (h)...
Well, Zambia is not Cameroon........ At least we got you to the right continent. :) Those are much more similar than the examples I was finding...
Probably African, possibly Cameroon (based on the knobby hair) but not really a recognizable style so I can't attribute it to any particular...
I think it may be a fairly contemporary Makonde (Tanzania) carving, portraying a Shetani (bush spirit). Their style uses those elongated,...
Match holder. [IMG] http://www.pijpenkabinet.nl/Smokiana/MMM-E-lucifersstandaards.html
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