This is a posting promised in the Pottery thread 'Sweet Little Mouse...' a few days ago. There's a handful of other, more primitive burnishers...
Those are really as fine as any ivory awl I've ever handled...very beautifully done! I can easily understand the shaping and finishing, 'tho...
That is really lovely!
Thanks for your lengthy description of their finishing process, PP...the polishing, using a stone or tool, is what I call burnishing, from my...
Or another copper alloy; Bronze, of one sort or another?
I'll second that...No faux pas here...do the right thing!
I have long thought the term referred to a matte-finished design on a glazed or burnished body. Is there another (more correct) definition for the...
Those aren't deep...~1/8 inch. I think he's solid...if hollow there's be a vent...or would there? Absolutely...astute counsel!
That all sounds perfectly reasonable...Thanks, AJ!
Whole-hearted agreement! Excellent...Thanks!
I had doubted its authenticity for 2 'reasons': first, many if not most of the real Santa Clara items I've seen are black-on-black; and second, I...
Thank you, AJ...I had found your first wiki late yesterday...lots of good scoops about my bone! How, please, do you spot 'souvenir' indicators on it?
I ask because I've had a couple yards of very similar 'rope chain' in the dark past...may, in fact, still have some of it, somewhere. It tested...
Well, it says Santa Clara...an' I'm hesitant to remove the sticker to see what may be beneath, suspecting probably nothing of import. I wonder...
Nepali, Bhutanese, Tibetan...or Hill Tribes? Why do you think it's not Silver?
That's a find, fer shure!
Excellent work...and most helpful, komokwa! Sincere thanks!
First, please forgive me if I've asked about this here before. My memory ain't what it once was. This is about a foot (31cm) long, 2 inches...
I would sure like to see examples of such handiwork, if you'd be so inclined, 2MB...Thanks for considering my query!
Say: might we see...by whatever light...and on yer hand? I'm a closet frog lover, proud an' unashamed!
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