Featured What where who when? Mongoosey Squirrely fella.

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  1. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Guessing this fella poked out of roof or was otherwise an architectural element so to speak? I don’t know if he’s Black Forest or Javanese or somewhere in between? My best guess was a mongoose and from Southern Asia somewhere? I do know that I love him! Doesn’t appear to have too much age but doesn’t look to be made just yesterday either. Hoping someone has a clue here. Both sides carved. 203882AD-3F7A-4970-B11C-18763F161EE3.jpeg
     
    J Dagger, Aug 1, 2022
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  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    A monkey crossed with a platypus?
     
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  3. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    The monkapus? Platykey?
     
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  4. say_it_slowly

    say_it_slowly The worst prison is a closed heart

    Maybe a tree shrew?

    Some old Chinese porcelain with "squirrels" look more like tree shrews. Yours may be along those lines too???
     
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  5. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Looks like a rat.
     
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  6. i need help

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    Beaver?
     
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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    Pretty fancy tail for a rat, maybe!!
     
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  8. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Take another look.... standard rat tail.
     
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  9. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    I DO see what you're saying!! Was looking more at the "fluff"!!
     
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  10. franrose

    franrose Active Member

    Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel or Tree Shrew? Many varieties but the face and tail fit, and found in East Asia…

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  11. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    You and SIS may be onto something!! Now what is it!?
     
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  12. baltojoe75

    baltojoe75 Well-Known Member

    I think it is a decorative element from a piece of furniture. The part with the hole in it looks like it slotted into something and then was held in place with a pin.
     
    baltojoe75, Aug 6, 2022
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