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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 904938, member: 6444"]Let me start by REALLY apologizing for disappearing right after posting this. My life took a sudden and unexpected turn which prevented me from having any time to look in here. Things have settled down somewhat now (whew!), so I have some time again and promise not to disappear this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really appreciate ALL the input. I had never heard of Shona, so that really opened my eyes. It sounds like these have all been ID'd except for the last one. And I can see how the last one seems similar to the other Shona ones. I will try to take a better pic, but already tried flour before taking the pic I showed, and I'm not sure what to try next (suggestions to clarify the signature would be appreciated). For now I'll say that it seems to read "CIFT" over "MO". I assume that doesn't help - maybe not worth spending the time on?</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the Billiken (marked something like "Kenock"), where and who made those? Or did everyone make them?</p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime I have five more carvings that I guess I should start a new post for. One of the six in this post was Inuit - maybe I can do better than that in my next post.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 904938, member: 6444"]Let me start by REALLY apologizing for disappearing right after posting this. My life took a sudden and unexpected turn which prevented me from having any time to look in here. Things have settled down somewhat now (whew!), so I have some time again and promise not to disappear this time. I really appreciate ALL the input. I had never heard of Shona, so that really opened my eyes. It sounds like these have all been ID'd except for the last one. And I can see how the last one seems similar to the other Shona ones. I will try to take a better pic, but already tried flour before taking the pic I showed, and I'm not sure what to try next (suggestions to clarify the signature would be appreciated). For now I'll say that it seems to read "CIFT" over "MO". I assume that doesn't help - maybe not worth spending the time on? As to the Billiken (marked something like "Kenock"), where and who made those? Or did everyone make them? In the meantime I have five more carvings that I guess I should start a new post for. One of the six in this post was Inuit - maybe I can do better than that in my next post.[/QUOTE]
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