Featured Some Kind of Bone Carving or Scrimshaw

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  1. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    I picked this up at a sale.1 3/4" tall and measures 3 3/8" x 1 3/4". Is this bone or resin?

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    kraftblue, Jun 1, 2019
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  2. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    Resin with "plastic" flat head screws.It could have been cast from a mold of an original carved bone piece.
     
    Hollyblue, Jun 1, 2019
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  3. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Thanks Holly
     
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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Screams resin.
     
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  5. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    Incidentally I recently saw a very similar piece in a thrift store that was definitely real bone. This one here I agree is resin. I didnt buy the one I saw because they wanted $130 for it. Mondays are half-price there... I'm going to swing back by and see if it's still there this Monday.
     
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  6. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Thanks everyone!
     
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  7. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    Was it there!? I would love to see it if so.
     
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  8. aaroncab

    aaroncab in veritate victoria

    Unfortunately not :sorry:
     
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  9. carvingid

    carvingid New Member

    it seem resin.. im a bone carver. you can try to burn it a little, it will smell like plastic.
     
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