Featured Wooden item, use?

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  1. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    I don't know if this is posted in the correct category but I thought the carving might be scandinavian or NA. This item is just over 36 inches long the post is just over an inch deep and an inch wide at the top. It was bought at a rummage sale and the seller didn't know what it was. There are no fixings or screw holes to attach it to anything so I wondered if anyone had any ideas. Thanks.
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  2. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    No clue, but whatever it is I like it. :)
     
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  3. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I'm getting Asian vibe. Decoration for over a door?
     
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  4. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    To drape some sort of linen over......YUMMMMMY CARVING!!!!! LOVE IT!!! Maybe just wasn't finished on where to put it!!!!

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  5. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    It's about the right width for a door. I thought maybe you could hang something from it using the little indented areas to catch strings so it didn't shift.
     
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  6. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Anyone think it's a stylised Ravens head?
     
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  7. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It reminds me a bit of Dayak carvings. Not saying it is, but maybe a modern Dayak curtain rail? @Phaik Hooi used to live in Sarawak, maybe she knows.

    Dayak hornbill statues:
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    A lot of swirls on a Dayak village gate:
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  8. scoutshouse

    scoutshouse Well-Known Member

    Possibly to hang altar cloth? I'm thinking I've seen that type of use, but can't remember where from...
     
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  9. Barn Owl

    Barn Owl Well-Known Member

    Could it have been used to hang a rushnyk?
     
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  10. Rayo56

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  11. Dawnno

    Dawnno Well-Known Member

    You get even more if you use "indonesian" instead of "asian": "indonesian carved rods" yields...
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    Seller says in listing "purchased by me in the 1970s" which in this rare instance I would believe.
     
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  12. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Thankyou Dawnno, that's the answer. I was way off track.
     
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  13. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Thanks to all, I was really stuck on this.
     
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  14. Houseful

    Houseful Well-Known Member

    Just need the right linen now! Thanks
     
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  15. Pat P

    Pat P Well-Known Member

    It's lovely. I was wondering if it was a curtain rod. Or maybe could be used as the header for a decorated fabric panel?
     
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  16. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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  17. Phaik Hooi

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  18. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    And when you do find the right linen, post a picture here so we can see how it looks! Very nice--
     
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