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Posted 10 years ago
melaniej
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Signed "BD" lower right of stone
Image of Hawk on a stone-what type of stone or pebble I have no clue.
Stone is 1 1/2"
almost 2 1/2" with wooden stand
Another Flea Market find in South Hill, Va.
Felt on bottom which I don't want to remove but maybe there is more info under there.
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Could it be a Tagua nut aka vegetable ivory carving?
Beautiful work on it :-)
kyratango never heard of Tagua nut
I know this is very hard not able to scratch with fingernail.
I learn something new on here every day :)
Now I will be researching "Tagua Nut"
You will not scratch Tagua with your fingernail. It grows along the Amazon River and is the closest thing in the world to ivory. I have 8 or 10 left in my shop as we used to turn Tagua on our lathes.
PS: The wooden base appears to be polished mahogany which would fit in with the same region.
Fhrjr, I was thinking Palm tree wood for the base from the pattern punctifom on pic#2 and 3. Is it a possibility?
Anything is possible but I said mahogany because I have mahogany from Honduras and south America that finishes the same in it's natural state with a clear finish polish. Palm wood should have a lower specific gravity but with the carving it would be difficult to tell and is almost impossible to tell from a picture.
I typed that backward, the palm wood would normally be heavier depending on the species.
http://www.suewalters.com/RawTagua.html