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Message:: [QUOTE="Wavedecanter, post: 10311332, member: 74321"]I found it very far from it's place of origin.ArgentinaLol. It had once belonged to an antiques dealer many years ago and I bought it from his great grand child.yesterday.All they where able to tell me was that it is european I myself grew up in Europe and am somewhat familiar with things of the like, but by no means an expert or anything of the sort.From time to time I come across nicely peculiar pieces here. Will share some images one of these days. To answer your question, there is on the back a metal ring which serves to hook it to the wall I imagine.It does seem like a more recent attachment but am sure it's is a replacement for whatever was there before. I suspect this carving was an adornment for something larger maybe? The representation of a lion appears to be by one who did not habitually see lions, real or fashioned. I may be wrong. Maybe the style simply responds to a trend of the time, something like the image you shared. There where very odd depictions of lions back some hundreds of years ago. Silly looking even[/QUOTE]