Please ID this tort.

[Nay]

I know this is seeming like a joke, but I bought this at a tag sale and although the woman was trying to sell this, she was totally convinced there was a tortoise that looked like this. I couldn't be sold on that but I did by it. (1 dollar!!) Does anyone think this had some special meaning? I mean maybe if a peacock and a tort mated?? But other than that?? Very very well crafted. Maybe it's the tort god!!
Thanks
Na

http://picasaweb.google.com/NadineNat/BlackTort#5515403232973707010

Also does anyone use picasa photo and can get the photo directly in the pic?

 

[Yvonne G]

I'm sure you're correct. Its deff. a Tortpea. But I can't tell from the picture whether its a **** or a hen. For a dollar, I would'a bought it too. Nice addition to any collection.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

Cool...bought a very similar sculture/carving in the Phillipines, back in '80. No idea if it was of Phillipino folklore or merely a copy of a Chinese carving, though (some say the one, some say the other).

Always wondered why it had no head, or if the "neck" was really a stylized elephant trunk...

Probably have it in a box, out in the barn...will look for it tomorrow.

 

[ChiKat]

Very nice!
There's an ancient Indian story about a tortoise and a peacock who were friends...maybe it has something to do with that (?)