This is a new find AWESOME

What the hell is it about???? Any ideas?? Age?? Help me.

 

where'd u get it
how big is it..

HELP US !

 

I'm going to guess Ethiopian, with the Lion of Judea and the Arc of the Covenant.

 

Sorry I got at an estate auction in Maryland and it is about 2 3/4 × 2 1/4

 

Could it be from Knights Templar the cross on the back was a formee pattee cross. They used that form in the 1500's i think. How long have pieces been plated in silver?

 

The photos look like tinned copper/brass.

 

How long has that been around?

 

Looks like it had a handle at some point.

 

Never seen animals like that look like some dinosaurs

 

No, it is not from the Knights Templar, many Christian groups used that cross.

I think they are meant to be cranes or storks.

I know the crane is an important symbol to the Alevites, a Turkish syncretic religious group. The lion is also one of their symbols but as far as I know they don't use a cross symbol.
Syncretic means they embrace elements of different faiths.

Alevite crane:


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I see a crane but I also see a dino. Lol

 

Looks like a Betel nut box

 

A dino would mean it is veeerrry old.

 

Best answer so far

 

Looked since I read post and none even close to the design of Lion of Judah or any with maltese cross unless its called something else. Very strange are the animals upside down sacrificed animals. Some look like Tasmanian Tigers.

 

I see what you mean. I think the stripes are meant to be ribs. They look like hunting dogs, they also have collars.

 

Betel nut box ...looks like lime inside ate it away . .

Betel nut boxes
betel-box; tobacco-box (?) ... It involves wrapping areca nut, slaked lime and other ingredients in a betel leaf to make a quid or small package which is chewed to create a mild stimulant effect.


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