What is this? Small decorated ceramic with wood and copper

Hello!

This is something I acquired long ago because I thought it was interesting; however, I have never been able to find any information on it. Not only am I lost on its origin or age, but I am not even sure what its purpose would have been. It is about 9 cm tall, so not tall at all. The base colour of the ceramic is the orange in the design. And I am not exactly sure how the ceramic and the wood are connected together, but this thing is completely stable.

So... does anyone have any thoughts on this?

 

This one is similar but all wood

 

Interesting looking. How long is ‘long ago’?

 

Given the fish w/ cross motif, I suspect it's a modern chalice.

Debora

 

OP's chalice doesn't look Kuba to me. Both the motifs and the material are not like Kuba items I know.

Ditto.

 

Perhaps modern. For now, I use it as a holder for some skeleton keys. Might never get an exact attribution, but I still like it. Thank you all for your comments!

Would have been around eight years ago (fairly early on when I started regularly going to thrift stores, so long for me, at least). I like to buy weird things to research, but this is one of the few I've found absolutely nothing on.

I agree that it doesn't look Kuba. While I love the mixed materials on this piece, I haven't found any Kuba items like this.