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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1721094, member: 111"]Not to my eye - looks to me like an antler slice with either some natural fine lines or cracks, or perhaps even saw or file marks not completely polished out (though they don't seem even enough for that) - here are a couple of scrimshawed antler burrs, so clearly <i>not</i> ivory, with some similar marks around the edges:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237388[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237389[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Full view of the front and back of item in question:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237358[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237359[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some new, unpolished antler slices, cut straight rather than at a slight angle like the one above:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237360[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237361[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]237362[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1721094, member: 111"]Not to my eye - looks to me like an antler slice with either some natural fine lines or cracks, or perhaps even saw or file marks not completely polished out (though they don't seem even enough for that) - here are a couple of scrimshawed antler burrs, so clearly [I]not[/I] ivory, with some similar marks around the edges: [ATTACH=full]237388[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]237389[/ATTACH] Full view of the front and back of item in question: [ATTACH=full]237358[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]237359[/ATTACH] Here are some new, unpolished antler slices, cut straight rather than at a slight angle like the one above: [ATTACH=full]237360[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]237361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]237362[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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