01-13-2018 09:43 AM
Hi all. Looking for help identifying the creature on this pair of bookends. I just don't know what ~ who ~it is. But, I do know there is someone out there with the knowledge and resources to help me.
Thanks in advance for all your time and effort.
01-13-2018 09:51 AM - edited 01-13-2018 09:54 AM
Perhaps it's a crab...? Claws. That particular "design" that you see on the underside of a lot of crabs.
01-13-2018 11:07 AM
Thank you for the suggestion. That makes sense.
01-13-2018 12:23 PM - edited 01-13-2018 12:24 PM
It reminds me a little of this sort of thing, but I'm probably wrong:
01-13-2018 12:32 PM - edited 01-13-2018 12:35 PM
Or maybe Tibetan??
I can see claw-like patterns, but I'm not seeing the crab.
01-13-2018 03:01 PM
It does seem to have some of the same
characteristics of some the Tibetan creatures!
01-13-2018 03:17 PM
Is there anything on the back, or base, that might provide some additional clues?
01-13-2018 07:27 PM
Are they wood with applied metal? Solid metal? Maker's marks on the bottom/back? Numbers? Emblems? Magnetic?
01-13-2018 07:59 PM
I see an octopus?
01-14-2018 01:02 AM
Never seen the "underside" of a crab. Never looked. Taking your word for it. 🙂
I see an amalgamation of sea creatures, turtle, crab, octopus. Octopus tenacles with rows of suckers was first seen for me. (A rare species with 7 tenacles, the septapus.)
01-14-2018 04:11 AM - edited 01-14-2018 04:13 AM
@c*me*4*lefton*info wrote:
rows of suckers
Interesting point about the suckers, I hadn't thought of that. Perhaps it's the legendary kraken:
01-14-2018 07:45 AM
Typical crab shell, underside, with the sort of pattern I was seeing in OP's item. In some species, you can determine the gender by the appearance of this pattern.
BUT I hasten say it was only the claw-like elements and that vague pattern that made me guess "crab." It may not be an animal at all, or it may be the elusive Tibetan Septapus.
01-14-2018 10:58 AM - edited 01-14-2018 11:00 AM
So it may be a sunbathing crab?
01-14-2018 01:59 PM
That is a good resemblance.
01-14-2018 02:03 PM
The bookend is wooden. The art work is a separate piece of material that is attached with the decorative tacks. I'm not sure of the material. Possibly some sort of heavy fabric or paper with a coating? There isn't a mark that I can find. I'm wondering if these are an art project? From the avocado green maybe they date back to the late 1960's or 70's?