I don't think anyone is going to change their views based on anything I say, but I do have some thoughts: 1) In both the world of art, and in the...
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Personally, I have sold some on ebay; I've rented a table at a toy show; I've done Craigslist for musical instruments and furniture because local...
To paraphrase myself: I was not saying I saw a crescent. I was saying that the six-pointed star has become a Jewish symbol only in relatively...
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I wasn't thinking about what I'd call the ends, but the "front," that is, if you face the piece that has the rectangular notch, and call that the...
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The wire-dispenser idea sounds good; but I notice that it has a high cross-piece on the front, but only a low one on the back; that might imply...
Taupou nails it again! I was thinking it was a slit drum also, but couldn't have added much detail.
They've probably been making them for 50 years or more, anywhere bamboo grows, and pretty common in import stores for most of that time.
There are several clues in the wording of the document..."based on the work of" and "inspired by" and "skilled European glassblowers" can be...
Might try a google image search for "mayan jaguar god" or add the word sculpture to that search....I ran out of time, but here's one image I...
Or Mayan....is the face a bit cat-like? I seem to see some ears above the head. Jaguar-god? I'm not sure I see any great age or value,...
For sure a mask that is used will show signs of that use, often discoloration and smoothness in the cheek, chin or forehead area, or at the inside...
I see the words "Hand Painted." Could that be Spain under the hand painted stamp....or could be Japan, it is very faint. And there is a line of...
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