The cylindrical beads with the round marks look very much like bone spacers I've seen advertised by bead import companies, where they are listed...
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For those who missed it, I posted "I got stoned and I missed it" in the Music Faves thread https://www.antiquers.com/threads/music-faves.1368/page-32
....which would explain the "fizz."
Onyx is a kind of quartz, similar to chalcedony, and does not fizz; or so I've been told.
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Any idea what one would pour out of them? Ritual libation? Presumably not holy water.....
I do kind of like it, my wife would never allow it in the house however. I note his guitar or uke has only three strings, and he is holding it...
I kind of like A, water has nice reflections. B is too fuzzy. Don't have any wall-space to spare for either though.
....and had Chief Master Sergeant Pfingston been agonizing over the layout of the chevrons on NCO insignia since 1948? 43 years, he'd not had a...
And I suspect the 16 stars refer to the 16 "achievements" in the CAP Cadet program. To advance through the ranks, a cadet must complete the next...
Yes, 1991. from Wikipedia: "The year 1991 also saw the last major change to the enlisted rank insignia. In October 1991 General McPeak and Chief...
Yes...more googling would be required to nail it down, but I believe that in 1991 the insignia rules were revised; previously, master sergeant had...
and here is current CAP Cadet tech sergeant; only 5 chevrons (worn on collar): [ATTACH]
Perhaps the 6 chevrons below is an older style? Here is a current CAP cadet master sergeant insignia. Note the 16 stars and propellor: [ATTACH]
Older Civil Air Patrol Master Sergeant uses 6 chevrons in this arrangement; I think this is an old-style AF insignia (current AF would have 6...
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