It's malachite. Small compared to other scholars stones I have seen, but those were chosen for museum displays, so maybe there were minis as...
She looks African-American or African-another 'New World' country to me. I think that background is subliminally making people think of bamboo &...
Just because it is black does not mean it was part of the fashion for mourning jewellery, which started in emulation of Queen Victoria after...
Cameo appears to be glass. Figure may be 'applied', i.e., glued on. Probably Czech.
I was trying to figure out from your first photo what the obviously organic material was, then read on. Love it! I collected fungi like this...
Toothpick box?
I can't see the cameo well enough to have much idea about. It's obviously meant to look like jet. Whether it is or not...? A view of the back...
Could be Nekhbet rather than an eagle, but it does not look like Egyptian metal work to me. More Middle East.
Well, now the name as I see it is Ι. ΔΟΑΤΖΗΣ, I. Doatzis, which is turning out to be absolutely useless as a search term. Maybe SOS will have a...
Part of the butter making process is to paddle it, to squeeze out the last of the buttermilk. The grooves would have allowed the liquid to run...
Marcasite lily of the valley brooches seem to have been a type. Finding various European made ones but not with known maker. E.g....
Are these the trickster critters I think are probably red pandas? [IMG]
What big teeth you have, Grandma!
The mixed character of eyes, ears, nose & teeth is what makes me think something mythical.
I guessed they would be because of the way bone splinters. Must not ever have seen active duty as a netsuke or the cord would have worn them smooth.
I've seen plenty of bone just about this color & can't recall seeing any with black striations. It is clearly hollow down the center, the other...
I like the nose. The holes of 2 different sizes are correct for a netsuke.
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