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I think your description nailed it, except that the alligator/crocodile guys appear to be milking a giraffe, or something.....like a strange...
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Of course...I know I've seen these before, and am thinking marine mammal, or something else from Alaska or BC... I've even got one, but forget...
The tooth could be walrus (not the big tusk, obviously). It is a tooth though, not a claw or carving.
I'm thinking caps also....similar to: [ATTACH]
I'd agree; and add that most likely it is more wall-art than a good-sounding playable mandolin. The tuners might help judge age, but there's a...
I'm sure I've seen one of these, and possibly a thread about it. I seem to remember some sort of food or agricultural use.....tofu, cheese,...
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