Looks like solder under the arrows.
To make earrings with floating disc among other things. https://stevenkretchmer.com/blogs/discover
There are probably many different techniques I have never seen and different materials used to make jewelry, it makes this board interesting. Have...
What's unusual about the cone? They are used by many people and inexpensive.... https://furandhide.com/product/solid-copper-cones-1-1-4-inch/
If an Inuit had it,the racoon must have been an illegal immigrant since raccoons are not native to Alaska.
That's a funny description,it's a racoon penis bone.
Size?
Look at them,real coins are die struck.The coins in your photos appear to have been cast with what looks like casting porosity and air bubbles.
Looks like fisheye agate........
Did you see the link I posted in your other fetish thread? Seems the Zuni carve a variety of stones for fetishes. Google Zuni sandstone fetishes...
It is copper with a tin coating.
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Dyed agate
It looks a little like this one....... http://ancientpoint.com/inf/164759-south_america_chimu_spindle_whorl_bead_etched_peru_ancient.html
Probably no older than the mid 1960's when the technique was invented.
Are there maker's marks on it?
But then if you think differently like "fire opal carvings",you might find some Zuni carvings......
It's not boulder opal,it is opal in rhyolite matrix and most likely from Mexico.
Natural hematite can be a very little magnetic,the man made hematite is magnetic.
opal in rhyolite
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