Posted 10 years ago
BillD
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This appears to be a old wooden carved bottle stopper. The wood is very dense and hard, it has glass eyes. There appears to be something missing on the top rear of the head (hair or feathers?) It could be a Indian Figure. There are no markings on the piece. Anyone have a clue?
Hi bill, this is cool, and glass eyes? Neat! For some reason, I think German. Just a guess, hope it gets solved for you
Hi BillD,
this is not wood but corozo nut!
http://buynow.collectorcorkscrews.com/detail.asp?id=1485&n=CARVED-COROZO-NUT-CORKSCREW-AKA-TAGUA-NUT
Here to see the nut:
https://daniellesdives.wordpress.com/2012/06/02/fair-trade-tagua-nut-palm-ivory-handcrafted-jewelry-from-ecuador/
Thank You Kyratango that info is very helpful.
Oh well done kyra, you can even see how it is cut away from the nut.
Thank you for the thanks, BillD, it is my pleasure to help when I can :-)
Jewels, you never leave the board, lol!
Haha I know, I have it on my phone... :)
Agree! I saw a couple too, one as cork screw!