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<p>[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 616403, member: 10171"]OMG!!!!! IT'S KELP! OTTERS [edit, actually "Sea Lions"]. The incised marking is a Kelp frond that is at the top suspended on the surface by gas filled pockets that look like the 'tassle' at the end. AND it's even 'wrapped' around the body of the ivory, so that the frond is 'in the water' whereas the 'tassle/gas pockets' are on the surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]180565[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]180566[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>WHAT a piece of art.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dawnno, post: 616403, member: 10171"]OMG!!!!! IT'S KELP! OTTERS [edit, actually "Sea Lions"]. The incised marking is a Kelp frond that is at the top suspended on the surface by gas filled pockets that look like the 'tassle' at the end. AND it's even 'wrapped' around the body of the ivory, so that the frond is 'in the water' whereas the 'tassle/gas pockets' are on the surface. IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER! [ATTACH=full]180565[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]180566[/ATTACH] WHAT a piece of art.[/QUOTE]
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