🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Need some help on this weird piece

[Steve in PA]

A friend found this sticking out of the ground behind her house. It's marked .925 and is hollow with this strange shaman figure on the top.

Hopefully someone recognizes this.

 

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[gillious]

Silver top to something.

 

[gillious]

I should say it is Sterling silver. There are many examples of sterling liquor bottle toppers. I didn't find an exact match but many similar ones.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Looks like something handmade, maybe Navajo silver. It gets blurry when I try to enlarge.

 

[GoldieLocks]

Tourist artistic cover to maybe a long tube that held poles? Mexican, Aztec, or Mayan top character. I don't see the color as silver. It looks like it might be bamboo or a reed material to me.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

The top figure is a totem so I would look towards Northwest Indian tribes or the Inuit of Alaska or Canada.

 

[Steve in PA]

I decided the guy looked Aztec-ish, so I searched for Tequila bottle toppers, but came up empty

 

[DCMatt]

Difficult to tell from your pic... Are those hands holding a child on the midsection of the figure?

If so, it maybe Pacific northwest tribal piece. I also think it's a bottle top of some kind.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Can we see a photo of the .925 silver mark? You will need to use a macro lens setting or a camera that takes in focus close ups..

 

[Steve in PA]

Can we see a photo of the .925 silver mark? You will need to use a macro lens setting or a camera that takes in focus close ups..

My friend found it. I should be able to see her this weekend.

 

[Reed Lukens]

I would have to go with South American, Mayan style. They sell all types of stuff there carved with the hands like that, totems, slingshots, etc. But... I couldn't find the exact match...

Peruvian Heavy Sterling Silver Bottle Opener Mayian / Inca Figure | eBay

<p>For your consideration is a fine Peruvian sterling silver Bottle Opener decorated with a Mayian / Inca Figure, made circa 1st half 20th Century. Nice, heavy gauge opener that is solid sterling silver except for a small steel plate that pries off the bottle cap. This piece is in very good age...

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Slingshot Mayan Carved Wooden Soldier Guatemala Slingshot - Etsy

This Wonderful hand-carved Soldier Handle slingshot from Guatemala, are used by many Mayan boys and men. Very good antique condition with nice patina & visible signs of use. The sling shot is made out of conacaste wood. A wonderful collectors item for your home collection, as well as unique gift.

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[Bigcypresshunter]

A good photo of that silver mark could help narrow down the country of origin..

 

[crashbandicoot]

Looks like something handmade, maybe Navajo silver. It gets blurry when I try to enlarge.

That,s the HooDoo spell attached to the piece! Keeps you from getting a positive ID!

 

[Steve in PA]

I would have to go with South American, Mayan style. They sell all types of stuff there carved with the hands like that, totems, slingshots, etc. But... I couldn't find the exact match...

Peruvian Heavy Sterling Silver Bottle Opener Mayian / Inca Figure | eBay

<p>For your consideration is a fine Peruvian sterling silver Bottle Opener decorated with a Mayian / Inca Figure, made circa 1st half 20th Century. Nice, heavy gauge opener that is solid sterling silver except for a small steel plate that pries off the bottle cap. This piece is in very good age...

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Slingshot Mayan Carved Wooden Soldier Guatemala Slingshot - Etsy

This Wonderful hand-carved Soldier Handle slingshot from Guatemala, are used by many Mayan boys and men. Very good antique condition with nice patina & visible signs of use. The sling shot is made out of conacaste wood. A wonderful collectors item for your home collection, as well as unique gift.

www.etsy.com

That definitely looks like the figure.

 

[Steve in PA]

A good photo of that silver mark could help narrow down the country of origin..

Here is the best pic I could get of the markings.

 

[Steve in PA]

Here is a better picture of the figure on this thing.

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Here is the best pic I could get of the markings.
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[Bigcypresshunter]

It appears to be a 925 sterling, foreign silver mark but I dont know which country. It could also be a pseudo-hallmark. It looks pseudo but it could be the camera.

 

[Swamp Fox]

A friend found this sticking out of the ground behind her house. It's marked .925 and is hollow with this strange shaman figure on the top.
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Hopefully someone recognizes this.

part of a Hawaiian souvenir ?

 

[Steve in PA]

Thanks everyone for the input. I was hoping to see one attached to whatever it was intended for, but that seems like a longshot now. I sent the link to this thread to the woman who found it.