mysteries - the Peruvian painting

 

vintage cubist painting, signed by "Flomi" - but who is Flomi?

Lately, it seems every trip to the thrift store produces a mystery. We love solving these mysteries, but a lot of the time we probably didn't nail it. 

Google Lens is a pretty good tool. It works using image recognition, so the search results are only as good as the "matching" images online. The tool is available on computer and on smart phones. We searched Google for the painter, Flomi, and found very little. No real matches. We searched in Google Lens using the image, and images of Peruvian paintings came up. That led us to believe the artist could be South American, or from Peru. 

Another object we found recently is this polychrome decorated "sgraffito" or scratched surface pot, which appears to be Native American. We tried image searches, but with far less success than the painting. I guess we will list it using a physical description. Same for a copper bowl and wood carving we thrifted this month.

copper bowl, possibly from Northern Africa or the Middle East

primitive wood carving with fish, origins unknown

We could probably devote this entire blog to mysterious objects. Maybe it would help us identify them. If anyone out there knows anything about a Peruvian painter named "Flomi" or any of the other objects here, please leave a comment and share what you know.