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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4291436, member: 55"]It does look like soapstone to me; but it doesn't look like any kind of Inuit object that I am familiar with. Possibly African, and possibly made for tourist/souvenir purposes rather than actual use. The string seems too fragile for fishing, and again, I don't recall seeing any fishing lures like this, from any culture.</p><p>I could be wrong, easily; but I never trust online sources for identification; and I'd note that the little circular decorative motifs are strongly associated with African items that have been widely misrepresented on ebay as Eskimo artifacts.</p><p>Those circles are very easy to make with a motor tool such as Dremel; less easy with hand tools in the past.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4291436, member: 55"]It does look like soapstone to me; but it doesn't look like any kind of Inuit object that I am familiar with. Possibly African, and possibly made for tourist/souvenir purposes rather than actual use. The string seems too fragile for fishing, and again, I don't recall seeing any fishing lures like this, from any culture. I could be wrong, easily; but I never trust online sources for identification; and I'd note that the little circular decorative motifs are strongly associated with African items that have been widely misrepresented on ebay as Eskimo artifacts. Those circles are very easy to make with a motor tool such as Dremel; less easy with hand tools in the past.[/QUOTE]
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