Featured Carving

These are on Local FB marketplace. No info at all other than they are wood carvings. The long one looks quite interesting but no idea what it is for or where it could have been made. Any thoughts please? Thanks

 

The one one the right looks South Pacific somewhere, but beyond that I haven't a clue.

 

The oval one on the left looks European.

 

Thanks. I thought the one on the right was either South Pacific or Scandinavian. I thought it might be a door finger panel but really I’ve no ideas beyond that.
The other one could well be European as you say Bakersgma it has that look.
I’ve asked if they are still available to have a proper look at but the seller hasn’t replied yet.

 

I think the one on the left is African.....Baule maybe...
the right....Borneo

@Any Jewelry

@Taupou

@2manybooks

 

ooopsy.....I meant Dayak....

 

it's a take on a Dayak shield....
but C'mon....give us some dimensions ....eh !!

 

The oval plaque on the left is probably a tourist piece, based on royal art from the Kingdom of Benin, in Nigeria, west Africa. A 16th century bronze/brass depicting Queen Idia shows the headdress:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idia

And the central figure is a depiction of the King, known as the Oba.

Oba Eweka II, 1914-1933.
https://lawakhigbe.com/2018/09/02/the-life-and-times-of-oba-eweka-ii-of-benin-by-tunde-ososanya/

 

Thanks Komokwa, that looks like the pattern.
No info about sizes or anything else in the ad. I’ve just messaged the seller for sizes. She wants £5 each for them

 

That does look like the carving, thankyou. I was way off in thinking Eastern European.

 

No, I only remember the knife!

 

Thanks for the laugh Aboriginal telephone.
I do remember the scene in the film now.

 

I agree, Dayak, and very nice.

I would pass on that Benin thing, too touristy.

 

Well, I finally bought something (a bargain) off FB Marketplace. She didn’t tell me the size but i asked if it had a handle on the back and I could see from the new photo she sent that in relation to her hand it was bigger than I thought. Nearly 52 inches long, I originally thought it was about a foot long!
She said it had come out of a relatives pub, but who knows as it doesn’t smell of cigarettes at all.
I did pass on the other carving AJ after @2manybooks had mentioned the T word. As it is I think the Dayak piece has some age but it’s hard to tell and could be a tourist piece too but it does look good on the wall.

 

Thanks to all for the info.

 

Good choice, and I like it very much. I agree, it has age, but how much is difficult to say. The handle has wear, so it has seen actual use. Hopefully not by pub patrons.

 

It’s a fair weight and very smooth everywhere.
I tried woodcarving classes a few years ago, much too difficult, hard on your hands and no chance fixing concentration lapses that you can get away with when working with clay.

 

Yoruba twins wood carving on the plaque.