Pacific northwestern tourist piece? I don’t think organic

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  1. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

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    Hi,
    Not sure what I have. I think it’s just a tourist piece. There is a narwhal, walrus and seal so that is why I was thinking it was from the PNW. It kinda feels like plastic and not all at the same time. I don’t see mold marks but not schreger or anything else like that. It’s also curved slightly
    Please help and thank you
     
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  2. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

  3. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    Tis apparently bone...a rib.
    An' I'm not aware of Narwhal being a Pacific critter...aren't they Atlantic?
     
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  4. bosko69

    bosko69 Well-Known Member

    The ribs the rub.
     
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  5. 2manybooks

    2manybooks Well-Known Member

  6. wlwhittier

    wlwhittier Well-Known Member

    You are absolutely correct. Duh...
     
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  7. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    I am sure I am wrong about that. For some reason I thought I remembered the NW. TY
     
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  8. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    I’ve never had one in my possession but this has an odd feel. Wonder if it’s something else and they faked it to look like antler. Weird for sure
     
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  9. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

    Could it have been bleached to get it so white?
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    maybe antler.......possibly Greenland...maybe Alaska ...
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    a
    antler , like bone , can be very white..
     
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  12. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    seeing the size of it......and the flat curve.......a rib bone is very likely too....
     
  13. gauntlettgems

    gauntlettgems Well-Known Member

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    had to look it up! Lol.
     
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  14. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    My vote would be antler; not from one of the Northwest Coast Native art groups (Kwakiutl, Tlingit, and such) but possibly further north - Inuit might be a good guess.
     
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