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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dawnno, post: 540545, member: 10171&quot;]I&#039;m not an expert, I just happened upon this site, and collect Native American stuff.&nbsp; But what that taught me is human nature, and trust in it (not the humans, just their nature) and to think broadly.&nbsp; And then test it with the minutest of detail and fact, and cross check that again.&nbsp; So my off the cuff observations are as follows, just to add some more ideas to this thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>Why a French transport company?&nbsp; Because France owned French Polynesia. And when you look at the faces of one, it has a &#039;pacific island&#039; look to the face, not consistent with Europe at all, something a carver might instinctively do or by training.&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe that will give you a lead.&nbsp; That&#039;s where I&#039;d look: formerly French Polynesia.&nbsp; Sound familiar (i.e., benign carvers of the 60s become the fakers today)? </p><p><br /></p><p>The end views show “chop chop chop” on the original plank, and broken off leaving a frayed middle, and not cleaning it off after all that carving. Who does that?&nbsp; mass production?</p><p><br /></p><p>The figure holds a fish in her hand, with semi circular scales punched by a chisel, and thus probably a Christian allegory, for the medieval audience.&nbsp; It’s not literally “holding” the fish like a set of keys.&nbsp; That again might relate to Templar-mania.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hardwood reliefs of SE Asia, includes Polynesia, if “carved to [or in the likeness of]” deities, wherever they are worshipped.&nbsp; Can’t tell what the wood is, but seems to have swirled grain in places, more exotic than not.&nbsp; And the ‘bindi’ –&nbsp; as I read the string, my thought process resulted in the same ‘point-counterpoint’ that actually appeared “it’s a knot, no it’s not, it’s a punch, it’s a ... bindi, probably, maybe a last minute change of order by the shipper?&nbsp; Make it medieval this week, it&#039;s just a circle now.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And the whole thread of suggestions virtually shows the ‘composite nature’ of the carving, shipped to France somehow from somewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>“So I [too] can only repeat what everyone, including inh, has said: &quot;Stick with decor with broad terms when describing. Not a traditional item.&quot; (Cited from: <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/please-id-date-two-high-wooden-sculptures.32286/page-5)”" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/please-id-date-two-high-wooden-sculptures.32286/page-5)”">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/please-id-date-two-high-wooden-sculptures.32286/page-5)”</a>&nbsp; But Gian has a point: he will consider it all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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