Hi me again lol got this new lot today and one of the items was this small 7cm high carved model of a camel passing through a spiked hoop, it looks like the holes in the hoop originally had something inside as a couple of the holes looks like something has snapped of. Item is made in 3 parts with a screw holding the 3 pieces together. What i cannot figure is why a camel inside a ring, the only reference i can maybe find is a bible reference to a camel passing through an eye of a needle. Also what would a rough value be as am selling in my shop on etsy for £ 25 and dont know if its wishful thinking or im underpricing myself and yes i know the pre 1972 rule on ivory.
That ring looks strangely like a tractor tire !! Are you sure it is ivory and not bone ??
Never thought of it like that but if its a tractor tyre lol think how big the tractor is? Lol
Not sure at all look at it 60x magnification and it has a fingerprint style grain running through it and it has a couple of burn marks on edge so could be bone instead of ivory am really not sure
Hi not sure about the screw its so rusted into place it wont budge and the hoop is alresdy split from where it was screwed together but not too important now as listed it in my etsy shop as bone to start of with as couldnt confirm ivory but they removed it as apparently not allowed to sell bone from endangered species on there site even though i did not give an animal lol so am just gonna keep for myself now as a decorative curiosity lol.