I thought you'd like them. I'm not posting any pics of the other rooms. Or the other side of this room....
The one on the left is by Ed Walkus, "Allison Harbour 1942." It is a wonder. You don't see much by him. Yes, the Hunt, and the Joe Peters Jr....
and the once-fireplace... [ATTACH] and art that won't fit on the walls, and why it won't fit... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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And before Komo asks, this is the little case to the left. Little Walkus family poles. [ATTACH]
So, here's a current photo of the same area shown in the first post regarding my cluttered living room. I am a collector, not a hoarder, repeat...
That link works, don't know why the re-direct does not, today. I'm not sure that anyone knows exactly how the white undercoat originated,...
Ah, the white undercoat, I love it.... a characteristic of a group of carvers that Hilary Stewart called the "Blunden Harbor/Smith Inlet school"...
Close; I'm sure he spent some time there...Chief George Walkus, 1929; the Walkus family never came down to Alert Bay permanently, I believe, but...
You want a pic of a box of felt scraps? The rooms themselves I'm probably too embarrassed to show, though I might be able to find a few...
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and, and, her Mom sent (in another box) patterns to go with the felt. Patterns for felt boards, patterns for Christmas décor, and poodle...
A confession.....many of my rooms look much worse than any pictured here.....a lot of it is good NW Coast Native art, of course.....and musical...
Not intended as a comment on this piece, but I find the subject of fakes and fakery to be endlessly interesting.....note my nickname. In the NW...
I have a "banjolin" like the one pictured; a common construction in England around 1900-1920 for banjo-ukes and banjo-mandolins; rarely used on...
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