I'm used to AF for afantiques, and it doesn't confuse me..... You can call me Fakes, or All, or a_f or Steve... that's Muffy in the avatar, by...
Thanks - That little pole is a wonderful tour-de-force in the use of NW Coast forms. By (Chief) George Walkus, around 1930...Gwasilla Kwakiutl,...
Nice to meet you, CX!
I don't know that I ever introduced myself: I live near Seattle WA; a paralegal in my day job, I am also a professional musician in my spare time...
No. There generally isn't, for Northwest Coast Native items. I run some websites for two specific areas, subsets of the Kwakiutl and Tsimshian,...
Thanks, Spring!
The shapes and form lines are not done authentically, as a trained artist would do them. I'd agree. Someone made it, influenced by the NW Coast...
Actually, this is not a wood carving, but a cast item. Likely made under the name "Shamans," and dating to around 1970-1980. That would have...
The narrowness of the figures (narrower side-to-side than front-to-back) is quite distinctive, and is indicative of the work of the Rudolph family...
I can see your avatar OK, moreother stuff; just added mine.
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