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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KevinM, post: 130644, member: 1899&quot;]Thanks for all the responses. I&#039;m still unsure of what this brooch is made out of. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s ebony or made of any new age wood but I guess it&#039;s possible. It&#039;s could be some type of horn but I&#039;m not sure about that and it certainly could be some type of plastic composite or something else. I did try a red hot pin test on the black area and it did not melt, it only made a tiny mark or dot from the pin tip on the surface of the black area. As you can see I&#039;m still not certain what it is but I do appreciate your suggestions and help.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the thing that gets me is on the front of the brooch the uneven surface and what looks like bark on it and the uneven tree like horizontal&nbsp; lines around the sides and on the back the valley area in the center with the striations running throughout it. I guess it could be horn but I&#039;ve never seen a horn with bark on it before. If it is then it was very creative and must have taken awhile to put the contour and bark on the horn. A lot people use material that&#039;s available to them to make things.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to take a few more pictures and post the images below. Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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