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<p>[QUOTE="Debora, post: 10200230, member: 1476"]For the purpose of dating? Please tell us from whom you acquired it and what you were told about it. To my eye, it appears to be cast resin with artificially-applied aging. Compare it, for instance, to this example in the Brooklyn Museum. Ivory tusk. 18th or 19th century.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Brooklyn_Museum_1996.171a-b_Side-Blown_Horn_with_Figurative_Base_Oko_%282%29.jpg/450px-Brooklyn_Museum_1996.171a-b_Side-Blown_Horn_with_Figurative_Base_Oko_%282%29.jpg?20121102094146" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_1996.171a-b_Side-Blown_Horn_with_Figurative_Base_Oko_(2).jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_1996.171a-b_Side-Blown_Horn_with_Figurative_Base_Oko_(2).jpg" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_1996.171a-b_Side-Blown_Horn_with_Figurative_Base_Oko_(2).jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Debora[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Debora, post: 10200230, member: 1476"]For the purpose of dating? Please tell us from whom you acquired it and what you were told about it. To my eye, it appears to be cast resin with artificially-applied aging. Compare it, for instance, to this example in the Brooklyn Museum. Ivory tusk. 18th or 19th century. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Brooklyn_Museum_1996.171a-b_Side-Blown_Horn_with_Figurative_Base_Oko_%282%29.jpg/450px-Brooklyn_Museum_1996.171a-b_Side-Blown_Horn_with_Figurative_Base_Oko_%282%29.jpg?20121102094146[/IMG] [URL]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_1996.171a-b_Side-Blown_Horn_with_Figurative_Base_Oko_(2).jpg[/URL] Debora[/QUOTE]
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