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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 846210, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome, Emmanuel. Your English is fine, don&#039;t worry.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree, it is a Berber powder flask. The pieces of bone could be dyed goat or sheep bone, as well as camel. I think the first two are more likely in this case.</p><p><br /></p><p>Camel bone is white, but it can be dyed or bleached just like any other kind of bone.</p><p>Poets liken their lover&#039;s white teeth to camel bone, which is a compliment. They wouldn&#039;t do that with yellow bone.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Camel bone is also very dense, and considered the best bone for fine artwork like painting or engraving. Bone artists are proud to show the perfection of the bone to prove it is real camel bone, and not another type passed off as camel, as often happens in the souvenir industry.</p><p>The photo doesn&#039;t convince me it is camel, especially the top piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Persian miniature by a member of the Fotowat family, painted on camel bone, about the size of a credit card:</p><p><img src="https://www.sapergalleries.com/PersianCoupleRound.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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