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Perhaps he is carrying a mask, slung over his back?
In the US, natives may make handicrafts from walrus ivory; and they and non-natives may possess and sell such handicrafts, regardless of age - but...
The spongy base is walrus ivory, so the walrus is definitely walrus ivory; the smaller seal does look Inuit, and ivory; the scrimshawed seal looks...
Yes, I'll go with Komo and Cx. Corinne was born in 1959, does mostly silver, with some wood-carving, totems or furniture; and has had some...
Nice basketry-covered bottle, Anund. A bit faded, but still nice. They say you should never take a nap on the beach in Makah/Nootka/Nu-Chah-Nulth...
Welcome; I'm sure you'll get it all figured out.
For sure. Christian White was at the opening I mentioned, standing beside the piece with the price tag; and he had some good stories about the...
Re the argillite (somewhat belatedly, I've been away): it is hard to second-guess an artist; there could have been reasons for doing the piece...
My parents got several very much like him, in former Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, around 1960. Toenails, eyes and tusks were bone or ivory.
Here's a mandolin-banjo of mine for comparison; you can see how the neck is attached to the wooden "bowl" as seems to be the case with yours,...
Yes, as 2manybooks says; I'd usually call it a mandolin-banjo, but any of the terms mentioned would work as search terms. It is hard to say from...
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