In the meantime, maybe you can help me with a mystery. What are these?
They're made out of stone and very heavy. The question is, why would anyone make noses out of stone? What are they supposed to represent?
I thought they might be some kind of tiki thing, but they're marked "Made in Kenya" on the bottom. I don't recall a tiki tradition in Kenya. Googling "Kenya stone noses" gets me nowhere. "Kenya stone carvings" brings up a lot of sites, but I can't find a match and much of it is soapstone, which this most definitely is not.
Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
5 comments:
Eddie, I found something similar here:
http://www.tenthousandvillages.ca/cgi-bin/category.cgi?item=6800048&category=M_1830
They look like bookends to me, although who would want bookends that look like noses? Love your blog, btw!
I bought a wooden on like this a while back and I still haven't figured out what it is! It is teak, so I bought it.
Clamco: By Jove, I think you've got it! You're awesome! Thanks!
Barbara: Thanks for the comment. I think nose bookends would be kind of cool, if a bit kooky. But the way the base sticks out at the bottom on these would make the books lean.
Shara: Now we know!
Yeah Clamco! Now we NOSE!
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