Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols student achievement medal These ornate Flores Imperio

These ornate Flores Imperio

And on the flip side

This bowl radiates joy--everything about it feels absolutely right

6" long x 3 1/2 tall not including tail (5 1/8" tall with tail)

Curious Old Carved Green Marble Obelisk with Various Symbols student achievement medal These ornate Flores ImperioThings like this intrigue and delight me with their primitiveness and earnestness and sense of purposefulness that seems now rather mysteriousness and unknowable. Found in Maine, certainly it was a folk creation maybe, with heart dangling on what might be taken for a chain on one side, a valentine of sorts, or maybe an offering to the gods in hopes of love! What's going on the other sides is a bit less clear, but looks rather like hieroglyphics, and