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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 948554, member: 10944"]That’s a box of carvings I picked up over the weekend at auction. There’s some nice soapstone and ivory carvings. The argillite I assumed wasn’t real because I picked up a similar totem the weekend before that seemed like some type ceramic like material. Now that you mentioned it I took it or for the first time and it’s possible it is the real deal. It feels and looks a little too clean to be stone but I’ll have to look into it more. It does have a good weight like slate would. If it is argillite I hit the jackpot without even knowing it. There’s an old piece of masking tape on the bottom unfortunately thats Uber stuck on. If there was any signature it’s under that but there doesn’t appear to be which also makes me think it may be a composite material of some type. I’ll need to remove that cleanly somehow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there’s two Bomba pieces again leading to believe it the totem may be a replica.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to need your expertise at some point on some dolls I picked up. A large batch I picked up were labeled as being Coeur d’Alene out of Wisconsin. Then I got another small one over the weekend I don’t know much about. Also for a small lot of seeds and beads over the weekend, a beaded gourd container, a lot of pottery shards, pipe pieces and other random artifacts. Then the thing I’m most excited about is some voucher books from Montana Indian territory. I haven’t gotten a chance to look over any of this yet but on the dolls especially I would like to get your opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 948554, member: 10944"]That’s a box of carvings I picked up over the weekend at auction. There’s some nice soapstone and ivory carvings. The argillite I assumed wasn’t real because I picked up a similar totem the weekend before that seemed like some type ceramic like material. Now that you mentioned it I took it or for the first time and it’s possible it is the real deal. It feels and looks a little too clean to be stone but I’ll have to look into it more. It does have a good weight like slate would. If it is argillite I hit the jackpot without even knowing it. There’s an old piece of masking tape on the bottom unfortunately thats Uber stuck on. If there was any signature it’s under that but there doesn’t appear to be which also makes me think it may be a composite material of some type. I’ll need to remove that cleanly somehow. Then there’s two Bomba pieces again leading to believe it the totem may be a replica. I am going to need your expertise at some point on some dolls I picked up. A large batch I picked up were labeled as being Coeur d’Alene out of Wisconsin. Then I got another small one over the weekend I don’t know much about. Also for a small lot of seeds and beads over the weekend, a beaded gourd container, a lot of pottery shards, pipe pieces and other random artifacts. Then the thing I’m most excited about is some voucher books from Montana Indian territory. I haven’t gotten a chance to look over any of this yet but on the dolls especially I would like to get your opinion.[/QUOTE]
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