There are lots of those sand thingies shown as "sand pendulums" but I don't see any glass ones. [ATTACH]
That's my thought, exactly.
Good link, Terry. Any odor inside? I'd think if it was used for gasoline, kerosene or rum, even a long time ago, it might still have some odor....
I'd vote for letter opener. I don't see anything resembling a "nib" nor any place to attach one. Perhaps it could originally have been part of a...
It does look rather rough to me also, but I'm not a sword expert. I do believe that Holly is correct though. Sword hilts made from this...
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I see those too.
For sure not NW Coast, though.
The hole would be pretty odd for a guitar-pick....not impossible, but odd. And I'd expect tapered edges on a pick.....though I know you can get...
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Or you could crack nuts with it..... :angelic:
I assume it isn't a tuning fork, for tuning one's contrabass viol.....whack it, you get a nice note about eight octaves below middle C. :singing:
I've never seen a signed one either.....with one exception; I have a friend who makes leather-backed items like these, and hair barrettes, mostly...
I'd agree with Buyingtime, adding that there may well be natives who make very similar items, but without a signature or other provenance, there...
PS: see http://www.ebay.com/gds/Kisii-Soapstone-The-Soapstone-of-Kenya-/10000000000748290/g.html for an ebay guide on this stone; I believe it is...
I think Any Jewelry is correct as to the African/Kenyan origin. I believe the importers do call it soapstone, but it does not look like the rock...
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