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i thought this was a piece of wood, but im beginning to doubt it.

I got this in a bag with some burl, but after cutting into it it kind of has a plastic sheen to it and the shavings were oddly powdery plus it kinda smells like weed

>> No.1619955

>>1619950

Did you just actually drill into a tuber?

>> No.1619999

Plastic melts
Heat a small nail
Stick it
If it’s plastic it will melt
If it’s wood it will burn

>> No.1620047

>>1619950
When I told you to fuck a potato I meant a retard... but it looks like you can go fuck yourself now.

>> No.1620059

>>1619950
Kinda looks like wax...

>> No.1620082

>>1619950
more pics plz. im super curious now

>> No.1620157

Maybe a buoy? (Is this an english word?) I mean the floaty thingy...

I've often seen similar things being washed up...

>> No.1620180
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1620180

>>1620157
This

>> No.1620186

could it be - https://www.google.com/search?q=tagua+nuts&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwheK94sLiAhWNwqYKHSYvBrYQ_AUIDigB&biw=1600&bih=789

>> No.1620204

>>1619999
Get a microscope, some dye, and a tiny fragment of this - you’ll see cell walks if it’s plant based

>> No.1620206

>>1620204
Wood and potatoes are both plant cells with cell walls

>> No.1620249

>>1619950
>I got this in a bag with some burl
From where?

>has a plastic sheen to it and the shavings were oddly powdery
Sounds like a piece of horn or other animal parts.

>> No.1620255

Primordial fingerbox.

>> No.1620257

>>1620255
It doesn’t look that old. I think it’s Native American fingerbox. Worth about $15 OP.

>> No.1620259

>>1619950
Biggs, ur ma bought this atta hobby store. They put em in bowls for decorating accents.

You're tryna figure out what a fake potato is

>> No.1620327

>>1619950
What's it taste like?

>> No.1620455

>>1620206
Right.
Then, If you want to see which of those, drip iodine on it. Starch from potatoes will turn it purple.

>> No.1620468

>>1619950
Fake burl faggot you got burned

>> No.1620474

>>1619950
Looks like an ear.

>> No.1620483

Is it bone?

>> No.1620815

>>1620186
That's it exactly.
Have a bag of them somewhere for doing inlay work.
They're used as a vegetable sourced ivory replacement.

>> No.1621890

Taugu nut
It's an ivory lookalike

>> No.1622165

It's probably ginger

>> No.1622187

>>1620186
My bad I never thought I finished posting this or I would've been active but, I think you're right they seem to be the right size roughly 2-3" and look very similar, and the density was similar to denser hardwoods so it seems in line with a nut. I definitely appreciate the answer! I'm less worried about having breathed in some of the dust from it

>> No.1622189

>>1620468
At fifty cents for the lot it's hard to be burned ayy