Featured Plese help identify this carved, horned figure

I found this in a thrift store near Palm Springs. It measures 6" tall, weighs 4 oz. It has mother of pearl set into the wood. Long horns sweeping back from the forehead and a long face with almond shaped eyes and an open mouth.

I can't tell if it's African or Oceanic. Also, is it supposed to represent an animal? An Ibis maybe?

I'm interested in age, value, where it was made and what it represents.

Thanks in advance for all your help!

 

Here's one more photo of the bottom.

 

Oceanic... I once had a club with the markings on the base..

 

Overall the body looks human to me, although I can't quite make out what's going on with the feet, so strikes me as a person in a mask, or a werewolf sort of creature.

 

This is so interesting. The hands and fingers are defined, but the feet are flat and hoof like. Also, the figure has a tail -- visible in the back view. I don't think it's a dog, or a human. What are your thoughts?

 

I was leaning this way too. How old was your club?

 

vintage , circa 1950's.....
try looking towards the Trobriand Islands...

 

......Massim region.....




you're carving is delicious...... and may be earlier than mine was..... and is most likely ebony..

 

not this old......... but it ain't new..

it's possibly the finial to a walking stick..

 

How fascinating. Your carving is amazing. The mother of pearl discs are the same. I thought of ebony at first but was concerned because the grain was so visible in the very bright light of the california desert. To the naked eye it looks black. Thank you for sharing!

 

Does it remind anyone of the Aliens monster?

 

thanks. I wish it were mine.... but mine is buried under thousands of pics from years past........ easier to pull something similar off the web.....and it wasn't even easy to find these ones !
& thanks again.....cuz I used to have a nice , if not large Oceanic collection years ago ....that I have little left of ... so it was fun to reacquaint myself with the images and terms , that I once knew offhand !!!

 

Uh, no....... not I !

 

it is though , an intriguing image !!!