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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 3453595, member: 5833"]I've always found sponges to be rather interesting. The bigger question is why someone would put that much work into carving a shell section in that condition & not incorporate the holes in some way. I really can't imagine how the damage could have happened afterward. (Unless the cameo spent time in the sea again!)</p><p><br /></p><p>Predator damage of some sort. Something like a sponge that can bore in multiple places at the same time seems like a good bet. Not something like Byne's; the conditions it has been kept in are not a factor in the disfigurement.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 3453595, member: 5833"]I've always found sponges to be rather interesting. The bigger question is why someone would put that much work into carving a shell section in that condition & not incorporate the holes in some way. I really can't imagine how the damage could have happened afterward. (Unless the cameo spent time in the sea again!) Predator damage of some sort. Something like a sponge that can bore in multiple places at the same time seems like a good bet. Not something like Byne's; the conditions it has been kept in are not a factor in the disfigurement.[/QUOTE]
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