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[HobbyRebel]

Have no idea what this is. Tried searching several different things but no luck. Any clues would great !

 

[Clay Diggins]

Yep buckles!

Only white westerners could mistake a common and revered foreign cultural form for a buckle. That's OK I've met several people who were wearing beautiful pre Colombian "antique" bead necklaces until I pointed out the brown spots were from long decaying human corpses. Sometimes ignorance can be bliss.

I want to see the belt that "buckle" came from.

 

[DCMatt]

It's a Chinese ceremonial scepter or wand. The proper name is a Ruyi. I've handled a lot of the older and more valuable ones and your example is not jade, valuable nor old.

The one you show in your post is a tourist piece or a party favor. It appears to be made of bone but more than likely it's resin. To see if that's the case heat a pin to red hot and touch it to an inconspicuous spot on the piece. It will probably melt a little and smell like burning plastic.

Cool! I learned something today! The figurine on it looks like Chai Sen Yeh - Bringer of Wealth. I will speculate that this was a tourist decorator item and the knob mounted it on a plaque or pedestal. Possibly a Feng Shui piece which was wildly popular in the late 20th C.

 

[goldenwonderbear]

Please folks, let's keep the sophomoric politics out of a good thread on identifying strange and unusual stuff......good luck.................b

 

[DizzyDigger]

Please folks, let's keep the sophomoric politics out of a good thread on identifying strange and unusual stuff......good luck.................b

No idea at all about what you could be referring to.

Looks to me like an old Oriental guy holding an electric shaver...lol

 

[goldenwonderbear]

Please take good ideas that start w/ "only white westerners could mistake..." to the Political forum where such wisdom is welcomed................thanks..............b

 

[Peyton Manning]

who died and made you a Mod?

 

[Peyton Manning]

you can report a post that you find offensive

 

[lairmo]

you can report a post that you find offensive

I find this post offensive...reported

 

[CivilWarSaver]

Something like this

 

[Bruce R]

I think that “ dig “ was aimed at me, he must’ve heard I also have an antique porcelain bed pan that I use as a pretzel server.