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<p>[QUOTE="Boland, post: 10154943, member: 20937"]Thanks for the opinion. Naturally I see a hell of a lot of African stuff on a weekly/daily basis. In antique stores,secondhand and charity shops, auction houses,boutique and african market shops. And then also while travelling our neighbouring countries.Sometimes whole little collections of carved masks and stone sculptures/figures and other items gets donated to charity shops. Almost always tourist or curio related stuff even if sometimes older. I have seen and bought carved head rests for less than $2. African cratsmen are very good and talented but when they make things for the tourist or trade market they mainly focus on quick sell popular things/items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Iam certainly no expert on African items. As a general rule I don’t even buy African stuff. But I have never seen a stool like this for sale and that’s how I know it’s a unique piece and ‘good’. Proper African tribal antiques are rare on market. This little stool might not be 150 years old <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> but Iam very confident that’s a proper well used antique and to me a great addition to my little general collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Boland, post: 10154943, member: 20937"]Thanks for the opinion. Naturally I see a hell of a lot of African stuff on a weekly/daily basis. In antique stores,secondhand and charity shops, auction houses,boutique and african market shops. And then also while travelling our neighbouring countries.Sometimes whole little collections of carved masks and stone sculptures/figures and other items gets donated to charity shops. Almost always tourist or curio related stuff even if sometimes older. I have seen and bought carved head rests for less than $2. African cratsmen are very good and talented but when they make things for the tourist or trade market they mainly focus on quick sell popular things/items. Iam certainly no expert on African items. As a general rule I don’t even buy African stuff. But I have never seen a stool like this for sale and that’s how I know it’s a unique piece and ‘good’. Proper African tribal antiques are rare on market. This little stool might not be 150 years old :) but Iam very confident that’s a proper well used antique and to me a great addition to my little general collection.[/QUOTE]
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