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And I've found some very nice things in box-lots. Once bid and won one, just because there was a small carving I liked - and looking through it...
In general, the word totem would usually imply something from the Northwest Coast area of the US and Canada, Washington State, British Columbia;...
Elongated "masks" are a common tourist/export item from Bali; however, this is not quite the style one would expect from that area; so I also am...
Muffy, over to the left, and I totally understand and sympathize. I lost Muffy a year ago...and am not over it yet, and may never be. And still...
It looks a bit mousey to me, but hard to say for sure since as KOMO says, It does certainly have a number of NW Coast attributes.
I'd think so....
Others may have good ideas; but my thought would be to phone Home | Kyoto Art and Antiques to see if they know of any resources - number at the...
AJ seems to have tracked down the company, though not a name I'm familiar with; 80's seems about right. The metal strip would be for a 5th string...
My vote would be antler; not from one of the Northwest Coast Native art groups (Kwakiutl, Tlingit, and such) but possibly further north - Inuit...
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