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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9419696, member: 76316"]It's ~12 3/8" x ~6 3/8" x ~1 7/8"; weight is ~15.5 oz.</p><p>I hadn't noticed the red showing on it 'til I edited the pics...an' don't know if Ebony has that hue. Nor do I have any specific reason for picking Africa as an origin, save for the treatment of the foot...which may be weak. When held in my palm an' tapped with a fingernail it rings like medium-fired ceramic. It is smoothly finished inside an' out, & quite uniformly shaped. I've no recollection of where or when it was acquired.</p><p>Not much help, I realize...but here it is, an' I'm hoping for some of you to be much better informed about what it may be than I.</p><p>As always, Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]432001[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432002[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432003[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432004[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432007[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9419696, member: 76316"]It's ~12 3/8" x ~6 3/8" x ~1 7/8"; weight is ~15.5 oz. I hadn't noticed the red showing on it 'til I edited the pics...an' don't know if Ebony has that hue. Nor do I have any specific reason for picking Africa as an origin, save for the treatment of the foot...which may be weak. When held in my palm an' tapped with a fingernail it rings like medium-fired ceramic. It is smoothly finished inside an' out, & quite uniformly shaped. I've no recollection of where or when it was acquired. Not much help, I realize...but here it is, an' I'm hoping for some of you to be much better informed about what it may be than I. As always, Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]432001[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432002[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432003[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432004[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432005[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432006[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]432007[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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