Five elements in a mendahk, is it magic?

Interested Party · 12th November 2024, 06:11 PM

I thought it was an interesting game of speculation and seeing if the elements fit neatly into one of the larger systems of thought. I think the answer is, "no they do not." It also served as a refresher for information I had not pondered in many years. David, I believe you are right that we will never know for certain what this was intended to be. To me it seemed that if a probable makeup of the objects was determined, then a likely ethnic group of the previous owner could be guessed at. On the technical side I have been curious what the medium that all the objects are held in. A very fibrous cutler's resin? I am very conservative and would not damage the history to try to find the actual nature of the objects.

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12th November 2024, 06:11 PM	#23
Interested Party Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Eastern Sierra Posts: 497	I thought it was an interesting game of speculation and seeing if the elements fit neatly into one of the larger systems of thought. I think the answer is, "no they do not." It also served as a refresher for information I had not pondered in many years. David, I believe you are right that we will never know for certain what this was intended to be. To me it seemed that if a probable makeup of the objects was determined, then a likely ethnic group of the previous owner could be guessed at. On the technical side I have been curious what the medium that all the objects are held in. A very fibrous cutler's resin? I am very conservative and would not damage the history to try to find the actual nature of the objects.