DrJoePrime
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Found this NOT at my landfill site.
It's close to where the 1932 Olympic rowing events took place and might be related to that.
It was down about 8 inches deep in a huge lawn. This place is close to former spectator seating for the 1932 event.
I brought it home and began cleaning it with a stainless steel brush...BUT I stopped and gasped when I saw it had a design on the front. Hopefully I didn't do any real harm ...it was very corroded and I only removed the corrosion.
My first thought was that it's a decorative item from the 1932 Olympics ... but the decoration looks to be hand made and my second thought is that it's a Native American artifact.
Now I actually do have quite a bit of knowledge of Mesoamerican artifacts but have never encountered a copper item. A Google search shows some Amerindian copper artifacts but mostly resembling animals.
ANY HELP or opinions are very gladly received.
This first photo shows the cleaned part in my hand.
Next is the closeup of the Design.
And in the final photo I've outlined (roughly) the design in my photo program.
Thanks for looking and HH, Joe
It's close to where the 1932 Olympic rowing events took place and might be related to that.
It was down about 8 inches deep in a huge lawn. This place is close to former spectator seating for the 1932 event.
I brought it home and began cleaning it with a stainless steel brush...BUT I stopped and gasped when I saw it had a design on the front. Hopefully I didn't do any real harm ...it was very corroded and I only removed the corrosion.
My first thought was that it's a decorative item from the 1932 Olympics ... but the decoration looks to be hand made and my second thought is that it's a Native American artifact.
Now I actually do have quite a bit of knowledge of Mesoamerican artifacts but have never encountered a copper item. A Google search shows some Amerindian copper artifacts but mostly resembling animals.
ANY HELP or opinions are very gladly received.
This first photo shows the cleaned part in my hand.
Next is the closeup of the Design.
And in the final photo I've outlined (roughly) the design in my photo program.
Thanks for looking and HH, Joe
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but I recall it might have a Caribbean connection
