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mark123
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posted July 22, 2018 07:15 PM
A friend found this using a metal detector. Can't resize tonight so I'll link to the image:
http://images.imaginekitty.com/Dunno.jpg

Any idea what that is?
 
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Mars_Attacks
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posted July 22, 2018 07:18 PMHide Post
Top of a flagpole?


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cas
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posted July 22, 2018 07:19 PMHide Post
Buckminster Fuller baby rattle?

Igloo on a stick?


The sticker on the handle is curious, did he metal detect it at a yard sale? Big Grin


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posted July 22, 2018 07:19 PMHide Post
Homage to R. Buckminster Fuller?


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posted July 22, 2018 07:21 PMHide Post
Orange juicer


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posted July 22, 2018 07:23 PMHide Post
Some type of pinecone finial from a fence post/lamp post/curtain rod?


 
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posted July 22, 2018 08:06 PMHide Post
The item represented in the thing looks like some variation of a beehive hut.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clochán

 
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posted July 22, 2018 08:09 PMHide Post
Yes, but that is clearly a Bucky Fuller geodesic dome.

https://goo.gl/images/2VL1PQ


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posted July 22, 2018 08:09 PMHide Post
A tool for making really big ravioli.


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posted July 22, 2018 08:15 PMHide Post
is that a sticker on the side? any markings? Is it solid brass?


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posted July 22, 2018 08:22 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by Cobra21:
Yes, but that is clearly a Bucky Fuller geodesic dome.

https://goo.gl/images/2VL1PQ


Maybe... Those are usually more spherical and the rough surface finish made me think something more rustic.
 
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posted July 22, 2018 08:33 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by wcb6092:
Orange juicer
That was my guess.

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posted July 22, 2018 08:59 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by maladat:
quote:
Originally posted by Cobra21:
Yes, but that is clearly a Bucky Fuller geodesic dome.

https://goo.gl/images/2VL1PQ


Maybe... Those are usually more spherical and the rough surface finish made me think something more rustic.

The Milwaukee arboretum has geodesic domes that aren’t sections of a sphere. In fact, their shape is similar to the OP object.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/mitc...conservatory-2362998


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posted July 22, 2018 09:24 PMHide Post
quote:
Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Top of a flagpole?

that belonged to someone who lived in Siberia, the Arctic, or Antarctica.


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posted July 22, 2018 10:47 PMHide Post
Unless there's a hole at the top, in which case it's just a candle holder.


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posted July 23, 2018 01:26 AMHide Post
If it has a hole in the pole section my guess is it topped some sort of Guidon. The part under the igloo reminds me of this:

https://www.onlinestores.com/guidon-pole-set-7ft.html
 
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posted July 23, 2018 03:10 AMHide Post
Looks to me like maybe the dome, being square lipped, rough and unfinished, is meant to be recessed into another piece. It would help to see from another angle. Maybe a towel rod or blind holder, though I don’t know why they would design it with so much metal in the wall.
 
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posted July 23, 2018 04:11 AMHide Post
I suspect it's supposed to look like a beehive - a symbol of hospitality. You see them a lot in places like Colonial Williamsburg. What it is, I have no idea.


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posted July 23, 2018 05:32 AMHide Post
I concur with the beehive idea.

Isn't beehive symbology used in the Mormon/LDS religion?



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posted July 23, 2018 05:41 AMHide Post
The beehive is also a Masonic symbol, although I've never seen one used as a pole topper in the Blue Lodge.
 
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