The grouping may be - the women together and the men together. (The young child in the older man's lap could be a boy. It was common to dress...
These masks portray Tecún Umán (ca. 1500–1524), "one of the last rulers of the independent K’iche’ Maya kingdom, remembered for his resistance...
I am not a furniture person, but those who are will want to see closeups of the hardware (hinges, lock, and any fasteners), as well as the inside...
I thought of you when the ribbons associated with various ships were mentioned - perhaps more on the ships' histories or where they went. But...
Dermestids (carpet beetles are one variety) are notorious for feeding on animal materials - wool, hair, horn, baleen, etc. The adults look like...
I was going to suggest it looks like an aquatint - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] both from: http://www.graphicsatlas.org/ This example of the print at...
Reminds me of an object posted by @journeymagazine (2nd in post)-...
I will tag 2 members who are good at archival research - @Figtree3 @Debora
Another possibility is a walrus cheek tooth (not tusk). Compare this cross section of one - [ATTACH]...
I am not seeing the typical crystalline looking interior of walrus tusk. It may be sperm whale tooth. Does that dark cone on the back appear to be...
Looks like it might be a section of ram's horn - [ATTACH] Probably a livestock bell, to be hung around the neck. It may be Mexican, given some...
Likely Polynesian, perhaps a souvenir version of a Fijian throwing club. [ATTACH] https://www.new-guinea-tribal-arts.com/fijian-war-clubs/
His cap looks like a Portuguese fisherman's cap, but he doesn't look like a fisherman. [ATTACH]...
It does appear to be a collection of nautical items. In your first photo, the object on the bottom right is a bosun's (boatswain's) whistle, used...
Yep. Made such things myself.
Please post additional views of this scene so we can see more, particularly the instrument being played by the person on the left. The people...
Ah. I was assuming that was the bottom of the basket.
Is that all of their photos - do they show the top of the lid (any handle)?
Update - these baskets are most probably made in the village of Tenganan, on the island of Bali. This one listed on etsy by a seller who purchased...
Not a type I am familiar with.
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