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<p>[QUOTE="LauraGarnet02, post: 4291017, member: 20118"]Could that be soapstone? If each segment is hand carved to shape and hand decorated, it sure is done precisely and perfectly. Could that design be tribal?</p><p><br /></p><p>I was thinking along the lines of a spear fishing decoy. The fisherman would dangle it in the lake or river and let it wiggle in the currents until the big fish came along.</p><p><br /></p><p>That black thread could have been very strong fishing line decades and decades and decades ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well I'm just blabbing a stream of consciousness here. Truly I'm stumped. Could be a mid-century modern wall hanging for all I know, lol![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LauraGarnet02, post: 4291017, member: 20118"]Could that be soapstone? If each segment is hand carved to shape and hand decorated, it sure is done precisely and perfectly. Could that design be tribal? I was thinking along the lines of a spear fishing decoy. The fisherman would dangle it in the lake or river and let it wiggle in the currents until the big fish came along. That black thread could have been very strong fishing line decades and decades and decades ago. Well I'm just blabbing a stream of consciousness here. Truly I'm stumped. Could be a mid-century modern wall hanging for all I know, lol![/QUOTE]
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