Carved African Ebony Lion with Bone Teeth and Tongue red green black 23 3/4" tall including handle

23 3/4" tall  including handle X 9'" wide with arm down

I can’t think of a better color scheme

In any case

The top opens easily and makes for easy grabbing of whatever is housed inside

Carved African Ebony Lion with Bone Teeth and Tongue red green black 23 3/4" tall including handleWhat I love about this vintage carved lion is its very long tongue! It's made of bone and painted with a red stripe down the middle, then framed by bone fangs on either side making for quite a dramatic portrayal of a creature on the prowl! The eyes are bone too, and the rest of it carved of ebony. Made it in Africa I believe and probably at least a few decades old. Overall good condition. There are a couple of splits scrapes on the surface of its