[Jewelry making - Article 00275] - [Orchid] [Tidbits] Unknown Object

[Benjamin Mark]

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    I am here to delve into the unknown. I am going to show you a golden
    object ... alas it doth not have a name for it is unknown. However
    ... I will tell you something interesting about this thing ... and
    that is that there are two of them. Yuppers folks. Two objects in
    gold ... a matched pair in fact ... and not only is its identity
    unknown ... but its function is unknown as well.  

    The challenge: How much can one say about something that is totally
    unknown? And how beautiful can an unknown golden object without
    understandable function truly be? Hoo-ha! You would be surprised.
    I'll tell you this ... the image of this object was photographed on a
    mirror ... so that it looks as though there were two of them ...
    which there are though only one was photographed. 

    Challenge number two: How long can I hold your attention with this
    twaddle? Let's first give this thing a name. I shall call it Zach--
    which is Yiddish for "Thing" ... till you get to see it. It is
    believed that Zach somewhat resembles Iranian works in style and in
    the use of inlay. It is also believed that Zach was made on the
    western borders of the Achaemenid empire.  

    Zach at one time had been on exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum
    of Art. But he, along with his twin, had been removed  because of
    their fragility.  

    I will venture that you will each and every one enjoy Zach and his
    looks. And so ... in that spirit ... I invite you all to let me know
    what you think he is and what he does. If I get enough responses on
    this--and this is not to mean that any of you should feel under
    pressure to write--I will then post ... with the suggestor's
    anonymity guaranteed--your best guesses. Should be a hoot ... no?  

    So ... without further ado .... 

    For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may I
    direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where you will
    scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area that says
    Tidbits Graphics ... and then click on the link that says: Zach ...
    in order to view a gorgeous bit of the unknown.  

Benjamin Mark
http://www.tyler-adam.com

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