"Oracle"

Copper pin with brown patina. Brass screen, gold leaf, snake vertebrae, chinese fortune.

Size: Approx. 2" x 3"

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Reflecting a fortune telling theme, the gold leaf bowl shaped depression behind the screen holds a bone, and is a reference to the ancient oracles. The paper is, of course, a Chinese fortune.