Another Quiz

 What do you think this is?

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The Bear

What do you think of our latest Ebay find?

It's probably Japanese although it was sold as a Schwarzwalder (German) carving.
I think this must be an Ainu bear from Hokkaido.
The bear is carrying a big skewered fish on a wooden branch.
The Ainu considered the bear the mythological hero that taught them to fish, hunt, weave and so on.

I was searching for a Ainu bear for a while because I think the quality of the Ainu carving is excellent!
Kitka triggered me. Kitka is one of my favourite blogs and they have an online shop called Mjölk.
Just like Juli and John, I love Scandinavian and Japanese design.

Our bear isn't marked, has no signs what so ever.

One minor detail is the awkward scent of the wood.

Hopefully this smell will dissappear eventually.

Arty

 I wanted you to show another photo of our Ibo mask.

The previous photo was a bit out of focus.

But then again this one looks a bit arty-farty :-)

Mask

We bought an Ibo mask at Briekantiek. It's too bad they coudn't tell me how old it is.

I saw this mask a couple of months ago when we bought our threshing-sledge.............

...........I made this photo and I couldn't forget about it.

The kenderman kept teasing me with a simular facial expression.
Now the mask is in our home :-)

Briekantiek

Today we went to Briekantiek again.

Chickens wandering around......

This is the place where we found some beautiful artefacts before.

We both enjoy the search for nice objects.

Artifact

Last monday we bought a new artifact for our livingroom.

Things like these balance the new and sleek design in our home :-)

I think the mix of all sorts of things creates your personal interior.

This artifact is a so called 'threshing-sledge' (in Dutch 'dorsslede') and it was used to thresh the grain.

The wholes in the wood are filled with lots of firestones. Flint was used for the manufacture of flint tools during the Stone Age as it splits into thin, sharp spinters called flakes or blades.
This sledge was pulled by an ox or mule while someone sat on top of it.

Now our hunt for the missing stones starts ;-)