I forget what year he wrote it, but it has become so popular that a lot of musicians learned it from others who neglected to mention that it was...
I couldn't resist. Frankie Rodgers, from Mission BC, playing his "Ookpik Waltz." (Sometimes recorded as "a traditional Canadian waltz." Near and...
Yes. Logic would say that it is very unlikely that anyone dug up enough graves to obtain this many jade fish. But might someone have bought them...
The gold one, by Lesney (also known as Matchbox) is probably from their Yesteryear series; some of those were issued with gold-colored plating....
The red one is an MG I think; made by Majorette of France. No idea of age or value though.
She has good taste. It looks very like the color chosen by my wife some years back to paint our living room. None of the color chips looked...
And sometimes the fakers are amazingly devious. I've got a link somewhere about a US Fish and Wildlife prosecution in 2004; a criminal ring...
Yes, that it is true. The issue is that it can be difficult to prove that an item was made by a native, and even COAs can be faked; so ebay...
I think the spots may indicate harbor seals, but that is a guess.
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One of my reputedly sealskin items is a large pillow-like frog, with beading spelling out "Alaska" and some decorative elements, as I recall. I...
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I see tree-rings in several of the pictures, but maybe black coral has rings too. Or I suppose it could be black coral on a wood base.
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It is indeed very cute. If you list it on ebay, perhaps you would consider returning to the thread to tell folks how the bidding went. It...
Possibly carved from driftwood, or from a tree root?
To add to the discussion, examples abound in the world of NW Coast Native art. There are modern NW Coast artists who have incorporated Maori...
Late to the party, but I agree with Komo and Taupou, (as usual). Regarding the knife, "Tlingit style" dagger is indeed good wording; these have...
There are many species of seal/sea lion...these look a lot like some seal items I have....or at least, I was told they were seal; what do I know......
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