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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4176688, member: 8267"]Your little skull does look like whale bone (or some other marine mammal), possibly made from a vertebra. The jaw looks to be made from a denser type of bone. It may be made from the lower jaw of a whale, often referred to as "pan" bone, which is the densest part of a whale skeleton after the teeth, or from another animal. The base and stand also look like whale bone.</p><p><br /></p><p>The teeth look like real primate teeth, possibly those from a small female monkey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 4176688, member: 8267"]Your little skull does look like whale bone (or some other marine mammal), possibly made from a vertebra. The jaw looks to be made from a denser type of bone. It may be made from the lower jaw of a whale, often referred to as "pan" bone, which is the densest part of a whale skeleton after the teeth, or from another animal. The base and stand also look like whale bone. The teeth look like real primate teeth, possibly those from a small female monkey.[/QUOTE]
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