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Just judging from the one photo, I'm not sure whether this is an actual wood carving, or a cast item made to look like wood. A photo of the back...
Right - the weavings require compromises which would not be acceptable in wood carvings, and also include a number of conventions not found in...
Right. Same family. To elaborate or bore people a bit, the Nuu-chah-nulth style for the last 150 years or so has been quite angular, and not...
I'd say Jimmy John, Nuu-chah-nulth. Info on him thanks to "Rich M:" "Jimmy John (1876-1978) was born in Friendly Cove, British Columbia. Jimmy...
Yes, in one of the links there was a photo of a pole that could be loosely described as Northwest style, though I think he still called it a Tiki....
I think there is a fish in Indonesia which looks like this, with the little "horns," but haven't found any stories about monkeys riding them.
Just mentioning - these are not totem poles. South Sea carvings, or Tiki carvings perhaps. "Totem poles" in any case is kind of a misnomer; but...
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It does look to me like a bow, as in bow-and-arrow, and that would be my guess - a warrior, not a musician. But there is a bow-like musical...
I don't see anything unreasonable in the seller's story. My guess is it might have migrated up to Alaska, after being made by a member of one of...
I wouldn't go that early; late 90s at the earliest, and possibly as recent as this year.
It is from a time-period when one would expect a signature; though it is often not easy to tell what the lack of signature means. Possibly...
Though there were some who kept the flame alive. And in some areas, carving souvenirs for sale to tourists was encouraged while carving for...
If you like them as kitsch I'm not going to argue, and the one shown might be 50s to 60s; but as far as being made by folks connected to the...
The name - I wanted to separate my ebay buying ID from one I used for posting on the old ebay boards; and I was very active in recognizing fake...
He did some nice metalwork. I found a very sweet bracelet by Cheryl, who didn't usually work in metal at that time - the inscription states that...
Another thought: I've had good luck putting smelly books in a box with some wadded-up newspaper.
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