Yes, it is done with crochet, and from what I can see the maker used a type of "treble" stitch and "chain" stitch. Each square (called a "granny...
Yoshimoto Gesso, 1881-1936. https://www.artelino.com/forum/signatures.asp You might find more information around the edges of the print, if you...
I tried putting it through ukiyo-e.org, but no others were found. This site catalogs artist's signatures, but there does not appear to be a way...
This all sounds AI generated. Apparently FlipWorth is an app, not a person. We have been invaded.
Yes, this is good advice. Well documented provenance almost always enhances value, as can the specific association with important individuals.
:) Always happy to have an excuse to add to the collection.
Yeah, I am not happy with the comparisons I have been able to find either. I haven't found any Tsonga baskets in the online museum collections...
My gut feeling is that it is African, from somewhere in the south eastern region (Zambia to South Africa), but I am having trouble finding well...
Can you post a view of the side of the basket, so I can see the shape of its "profile"? I have a theory about it, but can't prove it yet.
"Jinkins" was Confederate Brigadier General Albert Gallatin Jenkins. He remains a controversial figure. A monument honoring him was erected in...
Hard to tell. It looks rather degraded. But it might be some other sort of vine or root. Nice photos, btw.
I don't immediately recognize it, but I don't think it is Native American. [ATTACH] The rod looks more like rattan than willow, based on the...
Based on some of its stylistic features, I believe your mask was made in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly by a Pende carver. (The...
WARNING! I have discovered that some of the links I included above have since become toxic, leading to scams rather than the information they...
Learn something new every day here. Good thing you didn't dismantle it.;)
It is a very interesting depiction of a Basotho village scene. The British Museum holds a number of objects and images from Lesotho that are...
I confess that I was not aware of the tupilak, and I can see why you think it might be a possibility. But looking at other examples, it seems they...
Not Inuit, but possibly African. The stone does not look like those typically used in East African carvings such as those made by the Shona. More...
I just remembered that I have seen some very fine Navajo weavings made into pillows - by the Navajo artist herself. So it is not impossible that...
That may be because the design extends into what became the seam, and is covered by the strap.
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