Mystery- Marble cat figurine

I recently acquired this cat figurine. I'm trying to find out more about it. The cat is 7 inches tall and weighs 29 ounces. I'm pretty sure that it's marble as water beads form on the surface and the surface is smooth and polished. I can't tell if there is a mark on the bottom or if it's an indentation. I'll take additional pictures of the cat tomorrow.

I'd really appreciate it if you helped me to find out more about the cat. I spent a few hours the other day trying to find out the style and approximate age and I just ended up confused without any answers.

 

Welcome to the forum, Cassiopeia.
Could we see more pictures, side view, back, base?
It doesn't look like marble to me, ceramic, alabaster maybe?

 

Resin.

Cat’s name: “Spot.”

 

Bast?

 

Looks like soapstone to me.

 

I think there is a craft centre in Kenya that sells carved soapstone animal figures with painted decorations.

 

These are still currently being sold.
Any New Age stores around you? You might drop in and see if they are selling anything similar.

 

I don't think it's soapstone or resin. I can't find the name. It's a very fine grained soft sedimentary stone. I'm sure I had the name once, but I've lost it. I keep thinking of it as loess, or loess in origin, but that doesn't give any joy.

 

I’d reserve my “serious” opinion until after I’ve seen the underside. That should give good insight into both the material and the sex of the feline.

 

I think Any Jewelry is correct as to the African/Kenyan origin. I believe the importers do call it soapstone, but it does not look like the rock that is called soapstone in most parts of the world. A local name is "Kisii stone," apparently from the tribe and city in Kenya.
Rock names, and wood, and plant names, to mention three, are highly variable from nation to nation; it is the reason that botanists and woodworkers like to use the latin names for plants and wood, and the mineralogical or chemical terms for rocks (MgO)3(SiO2)4).
Compare this from http://www.4africanamericangifts.com/cgi-bin/cart.cgi?category=Art&subcategory=Soapstone

 

PS: see http://www.ebay.com/gds/Kisii-Soapstone-The-Soapstone-of-Kenya-/10000000000748290/g.html
for an ebay guide on this stone; I believe it is a metamorphic form of talc, and so is closely related to the more common soapstone, which is principally composed of talc with some other minerals (talcum powder was originally simply ground soapstone).

 

Where are the additional photos please?