Hello, Howard. Others with more knowledge will get here, but it just looks wrong to me. It would help us if you would post additional photos...
I like the explanation: This practice [giving such spoons to children on religious occasions] was in imitation of the heathen...
Mostly lighting artifacts. A combination of glare & light catching in some irregularities in the shell surface. Can't tell in this photo whether...
I have a feeling the cutter did the feet first, then found he couldn't do the rest of her on the same scale & still fit her into the oval he had...
Just like a cockadoodledoo. :p
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I'll take a whole tree, please.
Bigfoot: [IMG]
Don't see why it can't be a hen: [IMG]
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