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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 33878, member: 369&quot;]Thank you all for all these hints! Yes, the elephant looks as if he has not eaten too much! Somehow I do not think this is South American, or at least, in my eyes, it is much more likely that it comes from an area where actually existed elephants... The Ashanti goldweights have a certain similarity, but when I looked for comparable pieces I see some significant differences in the modeling of the bodies of the figures and especially of the faces. Is that within the range of possibilities for these gold weights? The Thai theory sounds interesting to me, but I never found something comparable in style from that area... However, Vern, the tusks are not broken off from the sculpture, but intentionally modeled this way. There is no visible damage to the piece at all. Do you rule out India as the place of origin? Elephants are very common there too and I have seen some &quot;temple toys&quot; from there that show certain similarities in style. However, they have wheels attached to the base. But I think there exits some &quot;folk&quot; or tribal art from India that is very stylized? Could that be a possibility? </p><p>Thank you all again and I am curious to see further comments!</p><p>Mat <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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