OT: Identify this carving

Chris Hogg · 2020-03-14T19:53:01+00:00

Many years ago a neighbour brought this back from the Middle Eastwhere he worked, as a thank-you for keeping an eye on his house whilehe was abroad. It's about 28 inches high when folded tight, 25 inches when opened out . It's carved from a single palm trunk, Ibelieve. The carving is intricate and interlocking, to make the wholething 'flexible' . I've seen small ones, butnone as big as this. As some here are quite widely traveled, Iwondered if there was a standard name for these things, and if so,what it was.

Mar 14, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 24 Replies

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Thomas Prufer 6 years ago

They are here - I think I saw one a few weeks ago.

Thomas Prufer

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michael adams 6 years ago

A smartphone ? Who apart from teenagers, who know no better, would ever want to watch TV on a smartphone ? Apart from numpties on the train maybe but then I read a book myself. Next up you'll be telling me it would be a lot more convenient to persuse large format illustrated art books on a Kindle. And there are plenty of numpties who make the attempt as their semi-literate so-called reviews on Amazon can attest.

A smart TV ? This is the one that phones home every night when its done talking to the fridge. I was quite happy with black and white TV as it happens, thanks all the same.

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spuorgelgoog 6 years ago

I meant tomorrow-tomorrow, not yesterday-tomorrow. Will also ask African people as well.

Owain

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Chris Hogg 6 years ago

Thanks for the thought, but I've got a name for it now - Cobra stand, presumably after the way cobras tend to intertwine much like the design of this thing.

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