Featured teeny maori bone? pendant

hi folks, found this little wee sweet pendant yesterday

i presumed the other (because of how tiny and fine carved)

but seems to pale for that

is this just a cheapio modern thing........or not ?

 

Bone, I think. I saw similar pieces being made in a small workshop in Ireland about 10 years back.

The design may have originally been Maori, but I think it is widespread now.

 

interesting, thanks 2mb, hadn't thought about others using the design, but thinking about it, most probably

 

....well i've finally found my loop so can have a close look.........but i've lost the bloody thing, so might be academic now anyway.....

 

I carved a number of Maori type pendants before they made mammoth ivory illegal in a number of states.

 

i think he was just trying to suck himself.............IN

 

Very cool Holly, i usually dislike pendants full stop (apart from crosses)

but can see those types looking great worn higher up at a choker type height

 

A few years ago (~12) in Victoria, B.C., I purchased a very similar pendant in a retail B.C. shop...of local Jade, for my sweetie. She wears it regularly, an' loves it.
The design, however old it may be, is as simple as truth...an' timeless. It'll be as evocative in a millennium as it is today.

 

and there and at that time it was likely carved by Chinese shop workers...

 

this one (from a few years or so back) was even smaller whit

Tiny maori? jade? pendant? | Antiques Board

 

Very sweet tactile object. Hope you find it. You could wear it through your nose perhaps

 

absolutely ridiculous sir ! .............nope....was thinking maybe an earring though

on a serious note (ish)

cannot wear a dangle type earring full stop

end up feeling like a cross between a pirate......and carmen miranda.....no matter the size

 

oh and did find it mate, in fact sat on it......so its a flippin tough little sh*t

wondering now if it was a tooth of some kind (thats what if feels like)

 

the other thought is tagua nut (if we are opening it up to other cultures etc)

 

Does targa nut have those dark spots and lines? I thought that was only bone.

 

well it might just do with a clean, that could be anything marie

 

like for instance that dark spot you see in the middle part........aint a thing

 

so not a clever insight at all

 

I'm also seeing bone, without taking into account any black spots. Looks to me like a beautifully crafted piece of work. Not sure tagua nut would survive being sat on.