Carved African Ebony Lion with Bone Teeth and Tongue Mexican silver Western Europe and the U

Western Europe and the U

but perhaps a restaurant

it is just super satisfyingly gorgeous

but it seems an ususual one-- possibly an Asian/SE Asian wood

Carved African Ebony Lion with Bone Teeth and Tongue Mexican silver Western Europe and the UWhat I love about this vintage carved lion is its very long tongue! It's made of bone and painted with a red stripe down the middle, then framed by bone fangs on either side making for quite a dramatic portrayal of a creature on the prowl! The eyes are bone too, and the rest of it carved of ebony. Made it in Africa I believe and probably at least a few decades old. Overall good condition. There are a couple of splits scrapes on the surface of its