Is it carved? In the United States there are laws regarding the sale of marine mammal parts. You might want to contact the nearest office of the...
My father, a physician, was stationed in Japan during the occupation after the war (my mother and my young brother accompanied him). They...
I would say souvenir carving.
Thank @Debora too, she jogged the old memory.
Hello Zeeshan, With regard to the glass millefiori beads - the condition of the glass surfaces suggest they are older than the widely distributed...
I believe they are a type of basket called a hösig di, made by the Wounaan and Embera Indians of eastern Panama and northern Colombia. According...
#7 might be Arts & Crafts, but the start in the center is more typical of African baskets than the ones made by hobbyists. It would be helpful to...
It is a stool, from Cameroon, probably by the Bamileke or Bamun. It is not unusual to get cracks in something carved from a whole log,...
#2 Raffia is a fiber derived from several species of palm native to Africa and Madagascar. It became popular as a material for hobbyist...
#9 is a Yanomami burden basket from the Amazon. [IMG] https://basic.rrncommunity.org/items/621688?page=28 [IMG] https://anthro.amnh.org/collections
#5 looks like it is from Papua New Guinea (now that I know what to look for, thanks to @Taupou). That rim treatment is distinctive. [IMG]...
#1 is a Hopi wicker plaque - definitely a keeper. #3 & 4 I believe are not Native American (despite who sold them), but African - food or water...
If you are getting into collectible books, and not familiar with it already, you might be interested in abebooks.com. It is a website where...
I mentioned the door panels only as an example of the technique of relief carving somewhat similar to what is used on your fish (as opposed to a...
Pretty sure it is African, as you have suggested. Probably made for sale as a tourist/decorative item, which makes it more difficult to identify...
He does know more than me about some things - but we help fill in each other's gaps. :)
Just want to say the last three posts were all my own work - 2mb's partner was stumped. ;)
So, to sum up - short-lived low cost subscription publisher (the 19th century version of Book of the Month Club), reprinting popular and classic...
Here is another with intact spine: [IMG]...
Might be Pollard & Moss. I have found other books published by them c. 1880s with the same cover design: [IMG]...
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