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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;journeymagazine, post: 2252299, member: 84&quot;]<p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">I got this at a garage sale last week - along with a beautiful painting by a well known Cuban artist. The seller told me it was a boar&#039;s tooth &amp; very old?</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">Some questions:</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">Is it a boar tooth? (it measures 3 1/3&quot; long (just the tooth/bone not including the cap); too short for a tusk, right?) </span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">Is it a real anything &amp; not just a copy?</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">The cap or piece on top of it - is that from Thailand? Hindu? </span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">Is it as old as it looks?</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">I&#039;m hoping it&#039;s real - and old - because the home I got it from had a lot of nice pieces; like the Cuban painting + a large collection of oriental figures, jade pieces, etc.. which gives me hope this is more likely real instead of a copy.</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">PS - could the top piece be silver?</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">Any info would be greatly appreciated.</span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)"><br /></span></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="font-size: 16px"><font face="Verdana"><span style="color: rgb(20, 20, 20)">[ATTACH=full]256463[/ATTACH]</span></font></span></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256464[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256465[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]256466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]256467[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]256468[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]256469[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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