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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 257792, member: 56"]Believe it or not, I once had something similar. I asked about it online and did find some info. Here's part of my description:</p><p><i> The large piece at the back is a partial gourd as is the bulbous bit projecting in front. What was used to build up the jaw and other ceramic-like decorations, I do not know. It may be ceramic, or some kind of composite or resin. It looks like ceramic and it’s hard (possibly putty). There are macuna beans (aka hamburger beans, deer eyes, sea beans). That serrated tongue (about 4” long) looks very nasty. It’s probably the pectoral fin of a granulated catfish, giving the object a South or Central American provenance.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]80236[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I think yours has a more African look. My ID could very easily have been wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 257792, member: 56"]Believe it or not, I once had something similar. I asked about it online and did find some info. Here's part of my description: [I] The large piece at the back is a partial gourd as is the bulbous bit projecting in front. What was used to build up the jaw and other ceramic-like decorations, I do not know. It may be ceramic, or some kind of composite or resin. It looks like ceramic and it’s hard (possibly putty). There are macuna beans (aka hamburger beans, deer eyes, sea beans). That serrated tongue (about 4” long) looks very nasty. It’s probably the pectoral fin of a granulated catfish, giving the object a South or Central American provenance. [/I] [ATTACH=full]80236[/ATTACH] I think yours has a more African look. My ID could very easily have been wrong.[/QUOTE]
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