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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4384880, member: 5833&quot;]Maybe the animal is some type of civet, which would suggest an African or South Asian origin.&nbsp; (I was hoping for a binturong because I like the name, but they have bushier tails.)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.animalspot.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/African-Civet.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looks much more like horn than tortoise shell.&nbsp; Water buffalo maybe.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I often have depth perception problems with photos.&nbsp; Are some of the white dots actually raised, like little inset beads &amp; smaller ones engraved?&nbsp; Or everything engraved?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Think the basic material is brown, possibly dyed, &amp; the design incised/engraved then brought out with paint.</p><p><br /></p><p>A little bit similar:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/935191514/buffalo-horn-and-lacquer-pendant-buffalo?click_key=be932adac391aa6719f0865ad84f20f924c68881%3A935191514&amp;click_sum=719d7faf&amp;ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=buffalo+horn+pendant&amp;ref=sr_gallery-1-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/935191514/buffalo-horn-and-lacquer-pendant-buffalo?click_key=be932adac391aa6719f0865ad84f20f924c68881%3A935191514&amp;click_sum=719d7faf&amp;ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=buffalo+horn+pendant&amp;ref=sr_gallery-1-12" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/935191514/buffalo-horn-and-lacquer-pendant-buffalo?click_key=be932adac391aa6719f0865ad84f20f924c68881:935191514&amp;click_sum=719d7faf&amp;ga_order=most_relevant&amp;ga_search_type=all&amp;ga_view_type=gallery&amp;ga_search_query=buffalo+horn+pendant&amp;ref=sr_gallery-1-12</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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