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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1175512, member: 8267"]Pretty sure it is African, as you have suggested. Probably made for sale as a tourist/decorative item, which makes it more difficult to identify as it is not a traditional form. My guess would be West Africa, possibly Nigeria, where there is a tradition of relief carving on panel doors. I think the people carved inside the fish may be fishing in long narrow boats, with nets and possibly calabashes to receive the catch, like these men on the Nigerian coast near Lagos:</p><p><img src="https://hometown.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/getimage-580x387.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 1175512, member: 8267"]Pretty sure it is African, as you have suggested. Probably made for sale as a tourist/decorative item, which makes it more difficult to identify as it is not a traditional form. My guess would be West Africa, possibly Nigeria, where there is a tradition of relief carving on panel doors. I think the people carved inside the fish may be fishing in long narrow boats, with nets and possibly calabashes to receive the catch, like these men on the Nigerian coast near Lagos: [IMG]https://hometown.ng/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/getimage-580x387.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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