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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 9901735, member: 79705&quot;]Oooh that&#039;s a likely canidate I&#039;d say! The little I&#039;ve read talks about these pieces being formed by heating the material and sticking layers together to get a thickness for the carver. When carved, some pieces show a sort of wave pattern from the natural growth. <a href="https://donsbarn.com/on-polishing-tortoiseshell/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://donsbarn.com/on-polishing-tortoiseshell/" rel="nofollow">This page</a> talks about a &quot;tide-line&quot; pattern that can show on aged shell (paragraph above the last pictured box; also info about polishing pieces). That might be what we see on your lady&#039;s face. There&#039;s also some yellow carving deposits in her crevasses that I&#039;ve noticed my pieces have after cleaning, because it&#039;s just how the material looks after being carved. Can&#039;t tell if it&#039;s debris or not until cleaned though.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://guzhengalive.com/identify-turtle-shell" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://guzhengalive.com/identify-turtle-shell" rel="nofollow">This page</a> on telling real from types of faux tort picks is really thorough and might give you more investigation angles, especially with UV.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to see more pictures when you get a chance! Maybe we can see a good tort pattern. She&#039;s definitely carved, whatever she is. I like her a lot![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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