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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9473086, member: 8267"]Considering the material of the carving - the basic "L" shape seems unlikely in either bone or ivory. But it <i>might</i> be a type of antler. The rounded end looks like it might be a pedicle - the part where the antler connects to the skull - and the knobs may be what are called "pearls" (knobby growths on the surface of some antlers). The odd surface of the head of the figure might be a part where the spongy interior of the antler was exposed, and so filled with some material. I have been trying to find a likely species candidate, but it might have been an atypical antler such as this example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]443888[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9473086, member: 8267"]Considering the material of the carving - the basic "L" shape seems unlikely in either bone or ivory. But it [I]might[/I] be a type of antler. The rounded end looks like it might be a pedicle - the part where the antler connects to the skull - and the knobs may be what are called "pearls" (knobby growths on the surface of some antlers). The odd surface of the head of the figure might be a part where the spongy interior of the antler was exposed, and so filled with some material. I have been trying to find a likely species candidate, but it might have been an atypical antler such as this example: [ATTACH=full]443888[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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