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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stray Dog, post: 705502, member: 11163&quot;]Hey Y&#039;all!</p><p><br /></p><p>Newbie. Happy to be here. </p><p><br /></p><p>So... </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m stumped... </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a bunch of lots of antique Japanese Tonkatsu boxes, Kiseru and other Tobacciana from an estate auction and a while back. The lady was primarily a Japanese collector but was also a &#039;buyer&#039; and you could tell she bought stuff when she saw it and it interested her. This was with some Tonkatsu but I am fairly certain it is not Japanese. Actually, the top of the piece was not in the same lot as the bone piece and it was only later that I put 2 &amp; 2 together. I assume it is tobacco related? I assume has some sort of Pacific connection? </p><p><br /></p><p>What is stumping me is what the heck is carved on the bone. It looks like some sort of syllabics, or a syllabics key in the Double Dragon and then the symbols/syllabics show up again on the other side of the carving. Is it a game? Is it.?.?.?</p><p><br /></p><p>Who knows? Not me. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any help, insights, leads, directions would be greatly appreciated. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best!</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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