Featured What kind of material is this serving set made of -- bone? plastic?

Not expecting huge value on these, and sorry to put them under "tribal", wasn't sure where to post.

Any keywords or guesses on material for this 9" spoon fork set? Thinking bone, looking at Ebay --they feel plastic-like, not heavy at all. Thoughts?

 

Not tribal. Colonial silver, made in a Javanese stately region. Java and other Indonesian stately regions are not tribal.
Blonde (water)buffalo horn with Djokja/Yogya silver lotus decorations. A classic colonial salad serving set, probably made in the 1930s. I have a similar set.

 

Great information Any Jewelry. I would have guessed some type of acrylic plastic.

 

It helps that I have a similar set, and see a lot of Yogya silver here.
They also made buffalo horn side dishes with silver appliqué handles, and other smallish horn and silver items. Mostly with blonde horn, which was more valuable.

 

Excellent info. I kind of wondered if that part on the handles was silver. It is nicely done which is what caught my eye with these overall. Thank you.

 

I was going to say horn, too, based on horn beads I've had.

I'm not sure how I'd feel about using them with food, but think they'd look lovely mounted in a shadow box.

 

Some more Djokja/Yogya and horn:


Cheese 'thumbs' so you don't get greasy fingers when you handle your Dutch cheese




Button:

 

Who in their right mind would know what a ' cheese thumb ' is ...???
Your 'smarts ' , AJ..continue to astound me !!!

 

Oh, I love the button... it's beautiful!

 

I'm pretty sure it is a Dutch invention. They are usually silver:

 

It is for sale, I have been thinking about buying it. Still thinking....

 

it's nice collection AJ,i don't think they still make this kind of things in jogjakarta nowaday..jogja just 5 hours drive from my home,

 

yes jogja was famous for its silvery art,there're some area in jogja that specializing producing silver things today

 

They are not mine. I mostly have all silver Yogya items.

I know. If I am correct the name of the town could earn you the nickname batman. And it is renowned for beautiful batik.

 

wooow....