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As Taupou says, it doesn't look like Canadian First Nations work.
I have nothing to add...this would be from farther north than my core area of Northwest Coast Native (formline) art -
Nice kitty! Do you need help posting photos?
Sorry for your loss, but welcome to the forum.
I once loaned some of my small totem poles to a museum exhibition, and they are pictured in the UW Press book related to it. The shipping process,...
Welcome; I don't know the answer, but congratulations on your nice complete title - so often one sees titles like "Help!" or "Help identify!" But...
Certainly looks like walrus; the black ring might be baleen.
I'm with Komo; it is just odd, doesn't fit into any known category, doesn't have any features that fit into known NW Coast native style...and...
I'm thinking Java as a likely place of origin, but others know more about that area than I do.
Welcome, and sorry for your recent loss.
Or possibly BC jade; there is no guarantee that Chinese craftpersons have not been involved though.
Bet those were pretty sweet guitars!:happy:
Having already gone so far off-topic, (I'm sorry, I can't help it, I love to talk guitars...and other stuff...) Here's my electric with the...
Sure, sounds like a classic parlor guitar. I have a parlor guitar made by Henry Mason, around 1910-1920. It was basically in pieces when I bought...
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