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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9163001, member: 8267"][USER=7462]@finders[/USER], please excuse us. We often go off on tangents not entirely related to the original post. And my comments in this post are not intended to suggest that your carved head is NW Coast.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am not exactly sure of your criteria, but in a non-exhaustive search looking for Native American carvings with eyes depicted with sunken sockets, prominent lids, and almond shaped eyeballs I found a few that seem to fit - this one most closely - a Tlingit mask:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]430561[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%2E1%2F%20%20995" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%2E1%2F%20%20995" rel="nofollow">https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16.1/ 995</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A few others come close:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]430563[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=19%20%20%2F%20%20917" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=19%20%20%2F%20%20917" rel="nofollow">https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=19 / 917</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430564[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%20%20%2F%201939" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%20%20%2F%201939" rel="nofollow">https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16 / 1939</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]430565[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%20%20%2F%20%20925" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%20%20%2F%20%20925" rel="nofollow">https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16 / 925</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9163001, member: 8267"][USER=7462]@finders[/USER], please excuse us. We often go off on tangents not entirely related to the original post. And my comments in this post are not intended to suggest that your carved head is NW Coast. I am not exactly sure of your criteria, but in a non-exhaustive search looking for Native American carvings with eyes depicted with sunken sockets, prominent lids, and almond shaped eyeballs I found a few that seem to fit - this one most closely - a Tlingit mask: [ATTACH=full]430561[/ATTACH] [URL]https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%2E1%2F%20%20995[/URL] A few others come close: [ATTACH=full]430563[/ATTACH] [URL]https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=19%20%20%2F%20%20917[/URL] [ATTACH=full]430564[/ATTACH] [URL]https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%20%20%2F%201939[/URL] [ATTACH=full]430565[/ATTACH] [URL]https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=16%20%20%2F%20%20925[/URL][/QUOTE]
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