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Post #814766 by Holofernes on Mon, Jan 20, 2025 4:27 PM

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Anyone know more about this Marquesan looking cup(?) It's sealed sandcast and has a blank/flat bottom. It's about 4" tall by 2.5 wide.

At first I thought it was a votive holder, but the depression inside is pretty wide and goes 3/4 or more down, and is rounded on the bottom. He looks like he's holding a little "sun wheel" square in front there.

Perhaps it's a larger "hobbyist" takeoff on the Marquesan bone toggles like those shown about halfway down this website: https://www.new-guinea-tribal-arts.com/marquesas-art-and-artifacts/ ??

[ Edited by Holofernes on 2025-01-20 16:29:31 ]