Bone? gorget?

DigIron2 · Jan 25, 2014

My grandad left this to me.For the longest time i never had any idea what is was.But not too long ago i got to lookin at native stuff,and it reminded me of some sort of gorget.I dont know if he made it or if it was givin to him whatever it is?It is about 2 1/4 long and almost 1 wide.And as far as i can tell is made of some kind of bone.

rock · Jan 25, 2014

Can we see the other side of it>?

monsterrack · Jan 25, 2014

I'm like Rock I would like to see the other side please :occasion14:

DigIron2 · Jan 25, 2014

The picture on the left is one side,picture on right is the other

monsterrack · Jan 26, 2014

DigIron2 said:
The picture on the left is one side,picture on right is the other

My bad but now that I know, it looks like something used to keep straps and lashing from slipping, was your grandfather from the coast or near it. :icon_scratch:

GatorBoy · Jan 26, 2014

Crazy.. plummet/gorget thingy.
The drill holes look correct to be very old.
It looks like polished stone to me is it lite? why do you think its bone?
I doubt if your grandfather left it to you it was just something he messed around with and made.

DigIron2 · Jan 26, 2014

He was born and raised in west Va,I think it is bone because it does seem to lite to be stone imo.I say "left" it to me ,because i found it in a cigar box under his bed, along with other small stuff after he passed.The old man never had much.

rock · Jan 26, 2014

might be wood

outlawatheart · Jan 27, 2014

click it against your teeth if it sounds like glass on glass then its probably not bone..just a thought

DigIron2 · Jan 30, 2014

Now that i really looked at it, it might be stone.little more heavy then i originaly thought.Mabey the color threw me off,Bone was just my first thought.