Featured Thought it was a Chinese umbrella stand, maybe table?

Found this at my friend's thrift store today, and at firt I thought it was a Chinese umbrella stand & a friend thought it was a brass garbage can.
But when I did a image search it came back as a N African table!
Looking at it closer, it looks like theres a line of skinny elephants along the bottom so maybe so - but what do the unusual lines around the middle mean - they remind me of something Celtics?
And in the middle of the top it looks like a Jewish star of David?
Finally, it's tarnished inside it; how do I clean it or should I leave it as it is?
Any info on it would be greatly appreciated!
PS - first photos I took thinking it was a umbrella stand (if it's a table, it's awful small?)

 

I think it's great Journey,whatever it is-it's a nice piece.Depending on the price,I would've probably picked it up and figured out how to integrate the Indian/Moroccan motif later.
PS-Someone here should be able to ID & date it.

 

Holy Water Basin… I don’t really know but without googling it that was my fires impression

 

Cost $39.95

 

I found this one (!)
https://bx.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage.../17512/A-MAMLUK-STYLE-BRASS-OCTAGONAL?lang=en

 

The star made me think it's Moroccan, but here

I'm seeing a sphinx and 3 pyramids (with 2 figures standing behind them)

 

Oryx?


More figures

 

So where do you think it's from?

 

So what do you all think-portable desert altar for carrying Zoroastrian Fire,table,Oryx feeding trough, or Djinn Trap ?

 

I didnt notice that Egypt was outlined jn yellow - what do you think they would they use such a small table for?

 

It is Egyptian, with that sphynx.

Stars are important design elements in Islamic art, and seen throughout the Islamic world. It could also be the star of Salomon, which is either a hexagram or a pentagram.

 

To place an umbrella stand on it

 

Maybe a stand to display something?

 

- that's what I thought it was - when I had it upside down!

Did you find any attributed to Egypt?

 

Not exactly like yours, but I did find this one
https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;eg;Mus01;2;en

"Hexagonal dinner stand"
At the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo
That one's:
Height 81 cm, diameter 40.5 cm

They mention:
"How date and origin were established:
This piece can be dated based on the inscription it carries, which includes the name of the craftsman who made it and the date it was manufactured."
So now you'll need to translate the texts on yours to see if that also gives you info on the origin/date/maker.

 

Thank you !