Thank you very much, Any Jewelry. There is not a lot of wear on either puppet - some surface scuffing and loss of paint. Fortunately no major...
All right, I think we have this nailed down: [IMG] "A pignata (pron: pin-nyah-ta) is a southern Italian clay cooking pot with a unique design that...
Thank you, moreotherstuff - that is the hint I needed. Googling Calabrian pottery, I found this on a website for Calabrian tourism: [IMG] The jar...
Don't know about the artist Hummingbird, but I believe the incomplete notation on the back is a reference to "Spider Woman". She is an important...
Looking more closely at the "ogre fellow" in my photos, I noticed he might actually be female ( a little saggy). Rangda, perhaps?
Wow, that is very similar. So it must be a "type". Just need to figure out what type it is.......... Thanks for adding another piece to the puzzle.
Thanks so much! It will take me awhile to figure out all the bells and whistles.
Two Indonesian wayang puppets I recently acquired. Both made of pierced and painted rawhide. The ogre fellow is supported on a wooden stick, the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This pot was included in an auction box with something else I recognized and wanted. But I have not...
Very good cartoon!
Thanks for your warm welcome everyone. Now I am busy getting photos ready of the items I need help with. :happy:
I am not a facebooker, tweeter, or otherwise much involved in social media, but this looked like a group I could relate to - curious, observant,...
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