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Agreed.
But back on topic, that Walton spoon is a great find, Dragonfly!
The story: "Once there was an Indian village between the Nass and the Skeena River, and there was a Chief in this village who had a nephew who...
That's how Casper did his bear....the figures on this pole are eagle, a sideways salmon, a bear, usually shown with speckles, and sometimes, as...
By way of apology for my off-topic posts, I was just very interested to see mention of Metlakatla and families I was familiar with in...
It is a long story...in brief, when the lay preacher William Duncan founded Old Metlakatla in what would become Canada, and later brought a group...
As others have said, the only way to evaluate it is to go to a reputable violin shop. In the US, American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers -...
And as 2manybooks mentioned, the treatment of the ears is quite NWC, where a technical term would be "U-forms." A common NWC motif is a bear...
(New) Metlakatla, mentioned in Dragonfly's posted article, is an area I know a great deal about, but I haven't studied their silverwork; my...
Nice large knob-top basket, either Makah or Nuu-Chah-Nulth (Nootka). A photo of the bottom might help decide which. Hard to date, as they fade...
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