Yes, one of the family characteristics is the use of deep colors; intense reds and greens. Here's a couple by the father, Harris Smith: [ATTACH]...
And another; don't tell my wife but this will be a gift for her. It can be worn as a brooch or necklace. Rod Smith (Galuyagmi 'Great First...
Recent find: my wife and I collect the work of Judy Cranmer, Kwakiutl by marriage; she painted abstract form-line designs onto stoneware items...
What kind of wood are the back and sides made of? Photo?
Sure, a nice guitar for that money. It isn't strung up in the pics; might be worth putting some strings on, see if it plays ok.
It looks like solid wood in the photos, but Westbrook would not be considered a major maker of quality guitars, whether in the US or Japan, in my...
I've never seen any eskimo items anything like that. I'd be thinking Phillipines, Indonesia, far or middle east perhaps; rather than the Americas.
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I'd be thinking monogram, and by a SW artist with the name Bearheels; I haven't found any internet reference though.
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Just an update: this item was manufactured by Thorn Arts Ltd, a casting firm based in Nanaimo BC. Thorn Arts was active in the 70s and 80s, and...
The owl is cute... I have 2 dolls, somewhere... the girl is a commercial doll, but with a nice hand-made fur outfit and beaded mittens; the...
I'm not an expert on Inuit dolls, but I have had several over the years; and here are my thoughts: Most of these dolls were made for sale, and not...
For sure a packrat of some sort dropped it.
Here is a photo that looks very similar, described as a WWI German aerial flechette: http://www.big-ordnance.com/Flechettes/Flechettes.htm
Possibly a flechette? http://www.thefreedictionary.com/flechette
ooh, black light, pretty!
Is it possible the pencil-like thing is a mechanical pen or pencil, perhaps with some parts missing? I know my Mom used to have a small pen on a...
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