The little totempole would be worth a few dollars, but probably not enough to be worth selling. Pretty generic, Alaska or BC, 1970s or 80s, maybe.
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I have one quibble with Bob Ross, and that is his dishonesty. He was a student of William (Bill) Alexander, and for his first two years on TV,...
stuff, stuff, so much stuff. I too wonder why I don't collect smaller items.
No idea about the figure, but small/tiny carved totems were quite common in Alaska; usually would be bone or sometimes ivory, but can't really...
An odd anecdote about signing - I have a nice item by a very well-known First Nations artist. Not signed, but came with correspondence from the...
I wouldn't be surprised if some kinds of spiders would eat these, the larvae at least - dermestids, that's the word, thanks, 2MB. I'm with you on...
[IMG] very small, not much bigger than a pinhead, maybe 1/8" at most; people may have seen them often without knowing what they are, tiny little...
Somewhat OT, but thought I would mention that baleen can sometimes be chewed on by bugs; the larvae of carpet beetles will make cute little holes...
I suspect the inlay might be baleen.
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