I am forwarding this inquiry and jpg attachment in case anyone on the list might
know what the object is -- I sure don't.  Please respond to the inquirer.
Thanks!

Sue Henry Renaud

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From: Bill & Tina Swyers <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 5:09 PM


>Hi, my name is Tina Swyers. I am writing from Independence, Kansas.
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> The measurement is 1" at the base or widest part of artifact.
>It is 1/2" at the top of neck.  It is approximately 2 5/8" long.
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>My husband and I recently found the attached object.
>> If you will notice on the picture going up the neck are indented dots.
>> There are curved lines coming out and down each side of the dots.
>> At the base of the neck is a triangle with vertical lines inside. Across
>> the chest is a line, a row of indented dots, and scallops with a star
>> inside each scallop. In the middle is what everyone thinks is a
>> crown. It looks upside down from the way the picture has been
>> taken. The crown contains four or five loops with 4 bigger indented
>> dots on the inner edge of the loops. When I looked on the internet
>> at sites on the British monarchy, I noticed that their crowns didn't
>> resemble this one. The Spanish crown looks a lot like this crown.
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>> The back is smoother and more worn. You can still see that the
>> design was the same on the back as on the front.
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>> Another antique dealer told me it was 1900's and cut by a machine
>> and he didn't think it was anything made to look like a person.
>> It is such an interesting piece of what I have been told is brass. A
>magnet does not stick to it.
>* It was buried about 8" deep in my parents front yard.
>* The deed to my parents land said that it was originally
>* purchased from the Osage Land Trust.
>*  My husband   and I found it with a metal detector.
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>I have been told it could be:  ice card holder; barter metal used with the
>Indians, Inca artifact, something off a bridle, wagon, or something made by a
black smith. Could this piece have been used by the Spanish priests, maybe given
to the Osage?
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>>I would appreciate any help you could give me identifying this
>> object.
>> Sincerely,
>> Tina Swyers
>> Independence, Kansas
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