A carving of elongated ovoid form with a hole drilled through the length, the exterior decorated with a mythical beast in relief and scrolling lines incised, accompanied with a fitted silk box. L: 6cm, H:2cm Provenance: Prominent Canadian family collection of British decent items acquired c1950-1975. Further provenance: Estate of the late Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939) a British anthropologist and curator of CranmoreEthnographical Museum.