[Bernard Marx]

Thanks for the ping...this is interesting. It reminds me of an amulet my cousin dug up in his yard when he was a kid in Twin Falls, Idaho. I photographed it at the time but I don't know whether it still exists. I'll shoot some digitals of the photos and will get them posted. I don't think it's related to this particular find, but it's definitely different.

[blam]

"I'll shoot some digitals of the photos and will get them posted. I don't think it's related to this particular find, but it's definitely different."

Outstanding!

[JudyB1938]

If you post those pictures, BM, please flag me. I will be most interested in seeing them. In fact, I'll bet everybody on this thread will want to be flagged!

Cool!

BTW, blam ... do you think the dating is accurate? Could it have been earlier when China sent over people to find "the land of the rising sun" - a time when something happened that destroyed the former calendar? Did you ever get Henrietta Mertz' book that explained all of that? I am just sick! I can't find my copy. Boo ..

[gleeaikin]

BM I too would like to see the photos when you post them. As to the hair style of the amulets—Weren’t the Chinese making long sea voyages around this time period. Did they perhaps use southeast Asian nigrito people for navigators? The people from Fiji come to mind. What about the sea Dyaks, what do they look like? If the Chinese were as wide spread then as they are now, they could have recruited people from many places. I think they even reached east Africa.